Deserving Quotes

196 quotes by 172 authors

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good… — George Henry Borrow
We need to finally accept that all sentient creatures are deserving of basic rights. I define basic rights as this -the ability to pursue life… — Moby
Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself. — Rick Pitino
Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members; but that they might live well: for otherwise a state might be… — Aristotle
We have always wanted Google to be a company that is deserving of great love. But we recognize this is an ambitious goal because most… — Larry Page
The first and almost the only Book deserving of universal attention is the Bible. — John Quincy Adams
The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it. — William Hazlitt
In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in… — Thomas Jefferson
There are three kinds of praise, that which we yield, that which we lend, and that which we pay. We yield it to the powerful… — Charles Caleb Colton
Better to deserve praise without having it, than to have it without deserving it. — Ivan Panin
Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving. — B. B. Warfield
An undertaking of great magnitude and importance, the successful accomplishment of which, in so comparatively short a period, notwithstanding the unheard of unestimable difficulties and… — John By
It appears evident, therefore, that those actions only can truly be called virtuous, and deserving of moral approbation, which the agent believed to be right,… — Thomas Reid
Two kinds of people live a life without care: one kind are extremely worthy of praise, the other kind are extremely worthy of criticism. The… — Ibn Hazm
Children who have lost parents to HIV/AIDS are not only just as deserving of an education as any other children, but they may need that… — Harry Belafonte
Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more… — Paul Morphy
No consideration at all is given to the interests of the "pests" - the very word "pest" seems to exclude any concern for the animals… — Peter Singer
The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself. — Walter Scott
Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus far, an erotically circumscribed G.W.… — David Foster Wallace

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