Merit Quotes

745 Merit quotes by 530 unique authors

Sorry, Bex," Jason said "You don't have the recognizable facial characteristics - such as a huge chin, or a large amount of real estate between… — Meg Cabot
We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained. — Derrick Bell
I am weak, I say with no presumptions. I have no merit, I note it, that is all. There are times that I feel so… — Romain Gary
When you accept everything, everything is beyond dimensions. The earth is not great nor a grain of sand small. In the realm of Great Activity… — Shunryu Suzuki
If Wells recognized any merit in [Henry] James, it was his undeniable talent for using very long sentences in order to say nothing at all.… — FÃ©lix J. Palma
Men were created before women. ... But that doesn't prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the lifeless… — Moderata Fonte
[M]en, though they know full well how much women are worth and how great the benefits we bring them, nonetheless seek to destroy us out… — Moderata Fonte
Do you know, the only people I can have a conversation with are the Jews? At least when they quote scripture at you they are… — Iain Pears
The merit of all things lies in their difficulty. — Alexandre Dumas
But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life’s business. — Julian Barnes
Regweld is really a fine wizard," he continued, patting the shoulder again. "And his ideas for crossbreeding a horse and a frog are not without… — R A Salvatore
Once again she would arrive at a foreign place. Once again be the newcomer, an outsider, the one who did not belong. She knew from… — Laura Esquivel
Why was I chosen?' 'Such questions cannot be answered,' said Gandalf. 'You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Royce Westmoreland stared at him with biting scorn. "I despise hypocrisy, particularly when it is coated with holiness." "May I ask for a specific example?"… — Judith McNaught
Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why should it be life's business to give… — Julian Barnes
Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to… — Julian Barnes
While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his… — Robert Burns
The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard. — Leonardo da Vinci
Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men. — Victor Hugo
A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you. — Tahir Shah
But day after day of depression, the kind that doesn’t seem to merit carting me off to a hospital but allows me to sit here… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
How can we judge fairly of the characters and merits of men, of the wisdom or folly of actions, unless we have . . .… — William Wilberforce
Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made… — Mark Twain
These illustrations suggest four general maxims[...]. The first is: remember that your motives are not always as altruistic as they seem to yourself. The second… — Bertrand Russell

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