Merit Quotes

745 Merit quotes by 530 unique authors

Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits: Keeps his nails… — Alfred Nobel
Without theory, practice is but routine born of habit. Theory alone can bring forth and develop the spirit of invention. ... [Do not] share the… — Louis Pasteur
If heaven were by merit, it would never be heaven to me, for if I were in it I should say, "I am sure I… — Charles Spurgeon
I no longer count as one of my merits that I always tell the truth as much as possible; it has become my metier. — Sigmund Freud
Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged. — Abraham Lincoln
The magnitude of this evil among us is so deeply felt, and so universally acknowledged, that no merit could be greater than that of devising… — James Madison
... we must drive them [Jews] out like mad dogs, so that we do not become partakers of their abominable blasphemy and all the their… — Martin Luther
If faith is a valid tool of knowledge, then anything can be true 'by faith,' and therefore nothing is true. If the only reason you… — Dan Barker
I concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing but the latter in the… — Thomas Jefferson
A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization [the Catholic Church]. I do not believe in original sin, indulgences, the infallibility… — Ammon Hennacy
Dost thou understand me, sinful soul? He wrestled with justice, that thou mightest have rest; He wept and mourned, that thou mightest laugh and rejoice;… — John Bunyan
It's only merit was in being the first publication which carried the claim of our rights their whole length, and asserted that there was no… — Thomas Jefferson
What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention and command respect, while the… — Justus von Liebig
If it is impossible to judge merit and guilt in the field of natural science, then it is not possible in any field, and historical… — Justus von Liebig
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself,… — Thomas Carlyle
The man who is praised by others is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the man who sings… — Chanakya
Great masters merit emulation, not worship. — Alan Cohen
A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something… — H. L. Mencken
Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation. — Thomas Jefferson
In truth, ideas and principles are independent of men; the application of them and their illustration is man's duty and merit. The time will come… — Edward Forbes
Where we can compete on merit, we do very well. — James L. Barksdale
I appeal to the contemptible speech made lately by Sir Robert Peel to an applauding House of Commons. 'Orders of merit,' said he, 'were the… — John Joseph Griffin
In my first publication I might have claimed that I had come to the conclusion, as a result of serious study of the literature and… — Alexander Fleming
Things of heaven cannot be obtained by perseverance; they are the grace of God. To open to this and trust in it is how belief… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
I understand that, each time we contemplate with desire and devotion the Host in which is hidden Christ's Eucharistic Body, we increase our merits in… — Gertrude the Great

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