Merit Quotes

745 quotes by 547 authors

What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our… — Teresa of Avila
While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they do not proceed… — Teresa of Avila
Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of… — Charles Babbage
I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly,… — Bryan Adams
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. — Francis Bacon
I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive… — Mikhail Bakunin
The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry… — Charles Baudelaire
Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness. — Joseph Addison
It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio… — Kate Adie
In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at. — Christian Nestell Bovee
In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the… — Christian Nestell Bovee
I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is… — Harold Brodkey
If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did it. — Charlotte Bronte
We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long… — James Buchan
Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment. — Lord Byron
God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit… — John Calvin
It is long since I could have adventured on eternity, through God's mercy and Christ's merits; but death remained somewhat terrible, and that now is… — Donald Cargill
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. — Thomas Carlyle
In honor of Surgeon General Koop's legacy, we should ensure that the position of surgeon general is protected from political interference, funded appropriately and nominated… — Richard Carmona
Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty. — Coco Chanel

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