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Merit Quotes by Laozi
- Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth; from self-assertion, therefore…
- The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not wish to display…
- Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you…
- Be humble and you will remain entire. The sages do not display themselves, therefore they shine. They do not approve themselves, therefore they are noted.…
- When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken…
More Merit Quotes
- What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Mikhail Bakunin
- The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable.… — 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… — 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… — Christian Nestell Bovee
- I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most… — Harold Brodkey