Merit Quotes

745 Merit quotes by 530 unique authors

We esteem in the world those who do not merit our esteem, and neglect persons of true worth; but the world is like the ocean--the… — George Pope Morris
Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion. — Chanakya
Teaching, the most noble profession, should be rewarded based on merit alone, not seniority. — Mark Kostabi
The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to concupiscence, cleanses the… — Thomas Aquinas
To attach no importance to public opinion, is a proof that you do not merit its suffrage. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Now these fellows in Washington wouldn't be so serious and particular if they only had to vote on what they thought was good for the… — Will Rogers
I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I found it. I… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Our aim is to appeal to reason. … Prayer is not one of our remedies; it depends on what one is praying for. We consider… — Carter G. Woodson
The merit of Mahomet is that he founded a religion without an inferno. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The Spider as an Artist Has never been employed- Though his surpassing Merit Is freely certified. — Emily Dickinson
I think that being liberal, in the true sense, is being nondoctrinaire, nondogmatic, noncomitted to a cause but examining each case on its merits. Being… — Walter Cronkite
There can be no return to prosperity while the government (of Ontario) believes that taking money from the people who have earned it and giving… — Conrad Black
To live by grace is to live solely by the merit of Jesus Christ. To live by grace is to base my entire relationship with… — Jerry Bridges
It’s not our job to assess the merit of our vision or judge its importance. It is our job to receive the vision and act… — Debbie Ford
I don't think the world works on merit. — Charles de Lint
A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed. — Jean de la Bruyere
The Obama administration's agenda of maximizing dependency involves political favoritism cloaked in the raiment of "economic planning" and "social justice" that somehow produce results superior… — George Will
Criticism discloses that which it would fain conceal, but conceals that which it professes to disclose; it is therefore, read by the discerning, not to… — Charles Caleb Colton
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to… — Charles Caleb Colton
But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Any woman may act the part of a coquette successfully who has the reputation without the scruples of modesty. If a woman passes the bounds… — William Hazlitt
I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic. And yet I am not so opposed to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Democratic leadership has expressed great concern for the incarceration rate in the commonwealth in the last few years. Now they want to fill the… — Bill Vaughan
Nowhere is woman treated according to the merit of her work, but rather as a sex. It is therefore almost inevitable that she should pay… — Emma Goldman
Liberal that I am, I support health-care reform on its merits alone. My liberal blood boils, for example, when I read that half of the… — Thomas Frank

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