Merit Quotes

745 Merit quotes by 530 unique authors

Supreme Court says pornography is anything without artistic merit that causes sexual thoughts; that's their definition, essentially. No artistic merit, causes sexual thoughts. Hmm. .… — Bill Hicks
All of my remaining days, I will feel tremendous sadness and regret for my conduct and for what I have done. I only hope that… — Jack Abramoff
Words will not ever be able to express my sorrow and my profound regret for all my actions and mistakes. I hope I can merit… — Jack Abramoff
I only hope that I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I have wronged. — Jack Abramoff
Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit. Money is nothing: character, conduct, and capacity are everything. There… — George Bernard Shaw
The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable; for the happy impute all their success to prudence and merit — Jonathan Swift
Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected there, but only… — Lord Chesterfield
The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as it is also only man who regards his ability to… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself. — Francois La Rochefoucauld
Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice them has our decision moral value. We are neither entitled… — Friedrich August Hayek
He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will soon find a want of merit, to justify his resistance… — Samuel Johnson
Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offence that one… — Vauvenargues Marquis De
Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work — Francois La Rochefoucauld
We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have generally no other merit than that, having read the works… — Samuel Johnson
There's terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no sense of irony, practically no sense of anything at all. If you're born with these… — Peter Cook
Jealousy is an awkward homage which inferiority renders to merit — Unknown Author
Today I have decided to rid my life of negativity. There is no time, room or need for it. I have too many wonderful things… — Nishan Panwar
If you don't want to work for it, then you don't deserve it. — Isaiah Harden
When you demand respect you will be shown respect. But that's usually all it is, a show. When you earn respect you will receive true… — TJay Taylor
We may not always get what we desire but we shall always get what we deserve. — Terry Mark
Jealous of me? Unfortunately, Your lack of self worth does not merit my pity. — Josh Q
Trustworthiness is an innate virtue and you can't buy it with any price nor enforces or impose it. It has to come from within and… — Kemmy Nola
The man who doesnt know how to confer a kindness has not the right to ask any for himself. — Vikrant Parsai
You dont always get what you wish for,but you get what you work for. — Unknown Author
Forgive people not just because they deserve it, but because you may need it someday. — Terry Mark

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