Merit Quotes

745 Merit quotes by 530 unique authors

The appreciation of the merits of art of the emotions it conveys depends upon an understanding of the meaning of life... — Leo Tolstoy
A work of real merit finds favor at last. — Amos Bronson Alcott
Whatever merit there is in anything that I have written is simply due to the fact that when I was a child my mother daily… — John Ruskin
A war, or any wild-goose chase, is, as the vulgar use the phrase, a lucky turn-up of patronage for the minister, whose chief merit is… — Mary Wollstonecraft
A certain joyful, though humble, confidence becomes us when we pray in the Mediator's name. It is due to Him; when we pray in His… — Nehemiah Adams
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice. — Mahatma Gandhi
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not… — Agnes Repplier
O Jesus! Remember the sadness that Thou didst experience when, contemplating in the light of Thy divinity the predestination of those who would be saved… — Brigit of Kildare
Soldiers have many faults, but they have one redeeming merit; they are never worshippers of force. Soldiers more than any other men are taught severely… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits. — Edward Kennedy
We actually are waiting for more people to be killed before we can do something that makes sense. We don't kill enough people in aviation… — Unknown Author
Many bad golfers marry, feeling that a wife's loving solicitude may improve their game. But they are rugged, thick-skinned men, not sensitive and introspective. It… — P.G. Wodehouse
Each of us is responsible for creating an environment of warmth and consideration for those we love. I have always tried to define a good… — Leo Buscaglia
A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district; all studied and appreciated as they merit; are the principal support… — Benjamin Franklin
Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits. — John Calvin
Of all virtues, magnanimity is the rarest. There are a hundred persons of merit for one who willingly acknowledges it in another. — William Hazlitt
Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained. — Lord Chesterfield
The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it. — William Hazlitt
I ... [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins. — Samuel Adams
...and last but not least, reflecting my feelings on proofreading...excuse any pages on my websites that have misspelled words or grammatical errors...I'm not a proofreader… — Mark Twain
We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. The merit will be doubled by… — James Madison
Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style, freshness, harmony, perfection, imagination, purity,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If we refuse our homage to statues and frigid images, the very counterpart of their dead originals, with which hawks, and mice, and spiders are… — Tertullian

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