Merit Quotes

745 Merit quotes by 530 unique authors

It cannot be denied that Fascism and similar movements aiming at the establishment of dictatorships are full of the best intentions and that their intervention… — Ludwig von Mises
Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace toward others, or our tight… — Francis Chan
Many have no desire to be in it, because their work does not interest them, providing them with neither challenge nor satisfaction, and has no… — E F Schumacher
Here is a spiritual principle: We cannot exercise love unless we are experiencing grace. You cannot truly love others unless you are convinced that God's… — Jerry Bridges
Thoughts mold your features. Thoughts lift your soul heavenward or drag you toward hell. … As nothing reveals character like the company we like and… — David O. McKay
My art, what do you want to say about it? Do you think you can explain the merits of a picture to those who do… — Edgar Degas
Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore; full well they merit all they feel, and more: unaw by precepts, human or divine, like birds and beasts,… — Alexander Pope
We are all pirates at heart. There is not one of us who hasn't had a little larceny in his soul. And which one of… — Roger Caras
Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day… — Dennis Hastert
The merit of painting lies in the exactness of reproduction. Painting is a science and all sciences are based on mathematics. No human inquiry can… — Leonardo da Vinci
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit. — Charles Caleb Colton
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an… — Ruth Benedict
Football is a metaphor for the kind of country we want to create. It's based on merit. — Jack Kemp
Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit… — Knut Hamsun
The great merit of gold is precisely that it is scarce; that its quantity is limited by nature; that it is costly to discover, to… — Henry Hazlitt
Pornography is any act that has no artistic merit and causes sexual thoughts...Sounds like almost every commercial on TV to me. — Bill Hicks
An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid. — Ernest Rutherford
I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise… — John Podesta
Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. ... The sensibilities of no two men are the same. Some would refuse to sell property… — Clarence Darrow
All appointments hurt. Five friends are made cold or hostile for every appointment; no new friends are made. All patronage is perilous to men of… — Rutherford B. Hayes
Nevertheless, the central affirmation of the Reformation stands: through no merit of ours, but by his mercy, WE HAVE BEEN RESTORED to a right relationship… — Brennan Manning
The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature with the aim of conveying my impressions in front of the most fugitive… — Claude Monet
I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have to catch up with someone in order… — Molly Ivins
The merit of Marx is that he suddenly produces a qualitative change in the history of social thought. He interprets history, understands its dynamic, predicts… — Che Guevara
In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing. — Thorstein Veblen

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