Merit Quotes

745 Merit quotes by 530 unique authors

The world today is ruled by harassed politicians absorbed in getting into office or turning out the other man so that not much room is… — Winston Churchill
The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation, and experience merits everlasting… — Robert Green Ingersoll
These guys, they were so sure of their places in life--so deeply confident of their merit and their future--they didn't need any kind of front… — E. Lockhart
We certainly do not forget you, so soon as you forget us. It is, perhaps, our fate rather than our merit. We cannot help ourselves. — Jane Austen
Thus much indeed he was obliged to acknowledge - that he had been constant unconsciously, nay unintentionally; that he had meant to forget her, and… — Jane Austen
I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of fresh spring water.… — Pema Chodron
To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not… — Mahatma Gandhi
The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit. — Michael Moorcock
If you enjoyed laughing in the face of death, you might like to have a crack at High Saffron. One hundred merits, and all you… — Jasper Fforde
Good sense tells us that earthly things are rare and fleeting, and that true reality exists only in dreams. To draw sustenance from happiness- natural… — Charles Baudelaire
The lamentable expression: 'But it was only a dream", the increasing use of which - among others in the domain of the cinema - has… — Andre Breton
We cling to the idea that success is a simple function of individual merit and that the world in which we all grow up and… — Malcolm Gladwell
Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be brought about. It is the primary, the… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Thus you may understand that love alone is the true seed of every merit in you, and of all acts for which you must atone. — Dante Alighieri
If we are still discussing its merits tomorrow, I will agree with you," said Diagoras. "Cheer up, laddie. Nobody lives forever." "Oh I expect you… — David Gemmell
I have seem even those who have long since abjured God die in grace. . . . Atheists don't use their drying to bargain for… — Stephen Levine
Nearly all bookish people are snobs, and especially the more enlightened among them. They are apt to assume that if a writer has immense circulation,… — Arnold Bennett
It seems as though mankind has forgotten the laws of its divine Saviour, Who preached love and forgiveness of injuries—and that men attribute the greatest… — Leo Tolstoy
I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit. — Mark Levin
The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was to those whom… — Brennan Manning
Let the watchwords of all our people be the old familiar watchwords of honesty, decency, fair-dealing, and commonsense."... "We must treat each man on his… — Theodore Roosevelt
In using all means, seek God alone. In and through every outward thing, look only to the power of His Spirit, and the merits of… — John Wesley
Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse,… — Arthur Conan Doyle
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. Heaven is by favor;… — Mark Twain
Man is such a wondrous being that it is never possible to count up all his merits at once. The more you study him, the… — Nikolai Gogol

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