Merit Quotes

745 Merit quotes by 530 unique authors

A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value is… — Paul Scofield
Principally, and first of all, I resign my soul to the Almighty Being who gave it, and my body I commit to the dust, relying… — Samuel Adams
I have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a sinner. I look… — Alexander Hamilton
That’s one of the nice things about writing, or any art; if the thing’s real, it just lives. All the attendant hoopla about it, the success… — Woody Allen
To be loved because of one's merit, because one deserves it, always leaves doubt; maybe I did not please the person whom I want to… — Erich Fromm
Do not waste a minute - not a second - in trying to demonstrate to others the merits of your performance. If your work does… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause — Miguel de Cervantes
My worthiness is all my doubt His Merit- all my fear- Contrasting which my quality Does however appear — Abdul Kalam
We poor sinners need to come back from our wanderings to seek pardon through the all-sufficient merits of our Redeemer. And we need to pray… — Robert E. Lee
What comes into the world to disturb nothing merits neither attention nor patience — Rene Char
For Quality: Stamp out fires, automate, computerize, M.B.O., install merit pay, rank people, best efforts, zero defects. WRONG!!!! Missing ingredient: profound knowledge. — W. Edwards Deming
The British are apt to make merits of their stupidities, and to represent their various incapacities as points of good breeding. — George Bernard Shaw
If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards. — Annie Proulx
I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring… — Sathya Sai Baba
It is the invaluable merit of the great Basle mathematician Leonard Euler, to have freed the analytical calculus from all geometric bounds, and thus to… — Thomas Reid
Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing. — St. Catherine of Siena
Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze. — Samuel Johnson
Why does the left hate free speech? Because they don't know how to talk about the substantive merits when they are challenged. Having submerged themselves… — Ann Althouse
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person… — Gautama Buddha
... we disallow papistical doctrines of free will, of works of supererogation, of merits, of the necessity of auricular confession, and satisfaction to God-wards. — Unknown Author
When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a… — Gautama Buddha
When a man venerates those worthy of veneration, be they Buddhas or their disciples, who have transcended all obstacles and passed beyond sorrow and tears… — Gautama Buddha
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth. — Sophocles
Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster. — J. Christopher Herold
Stop wishing to merit anyone's gratitude or thinking that anyone can become grateful. — Catullus

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