Merit Quotes

745 Merit quotes by 530 unique authors

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its… — Alfred North Whitehead
When liberals advocate a value-added tax, conservatives should respond: Taxing consumption has merits, so we will consider it - after the 16th Amendment is repealed. — George Will
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. — Mark Twain
Love knows no virtue, no merit; it loves and forgives and tolerates everything because it must. We are not guided by reason... — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more… — Jane Austen
Success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit.... They confound the brilliance of the firmament with the star-shaped footprints… — Victor Hugo
They [intellectuals] coined most of the slogans that guided the butcheries of Bolshevism, Fascism, and Nazism. Intellectuals extolling the delights of murder, writers advocating censorship,… — Ludwig von Mises
A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence. — Friedrich Schiller
Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken… — Dan Barker
But there's this one difference: one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape a service of… — Emily Bronte
It is true that the path of human destiny cannot but appal him who surveys a section of it. But he will do well to… — Max Weber
Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve ...… — William Shakespeare
Our homes do not have to offer us permanent occupancy or store our clothes to merit the name. To speak of home in relation to… — Alain de Botton
The people cannot look to legislation generally for success. Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve from toil. It… — Calvin Coolidge
There is no merit to discipline under ideal circumstances. I must have it in the face of death or it is worthless. — Isaac Asimov
I am sorry to have to introduce the subject of Christmas. It is an indecent subject; a cruel, gluttonous subject; a drunken, disorderly subject; a… — George Bernard Shaw
Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right… — Hillary Clinton
Especially among Christians in positions of wealth and power, the idea of reading the Gospels and keeping Jesus' commandments as stated therein has been replaced… — Wendell Berry
When we are mired in the relative world, never lifting our gaze to the mystery, our life is stunted, incomplete; we are filled with yearning… — Peter Matthiessen
As a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit; it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone… — Ambrose Bierce
I believe in me, in my view of the world. I believe in my responsibility for my own destiny, guilt for my own sins, merit… — Philippa Gregory
There is small merit in mocking goodness, tweaking charity; it is much more comic to deprive people of their petty little existence for no reason… — Jacques Rigaut
Fame is no sure test of merit. — Thomas Carlyle
To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either. — Jane Austen
Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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