Meritorious Quotes

25 Meritorious quotes by 25 unique authors

My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As… — Teresa of Avila
It is meritorious to insist on forms; religion and all else naturally clothes itself in forms. Everywhere the formed world is the only habitable one. — Thomas Carlyle
Upon this subject, the habits of our whole species fall into three great classes--useful labour, useless labour and idleness. Of these the first only is… — Abraham Lincoln
On girls night in we talk about dating; the ups and downs of the previous week. Our collective laughter is uncontrollable and tearful, even the… — Cilla Black
Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that,… — Thomas Jefferson
A good deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to… — Muhammad
There is nothing meritorious but virtue and friendship. — Alexander Pope
When the Holy Rosary is said well, it gives Jesus and Mary more glory and is more meritorious than any other prayer. — Louis de Montfort
Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious. — Thomas Aquinas
Be kind to all beings, this is more meritorious than bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage and donating money. — Guru Nanak
Justification by religious performances, and meritorious deeds, is nothing better than the old Pharisaism with a Christian name stuck upon it. . . That doctrine… — Charles Spurgeon
Peace is never so complete that we may not have something to suffer. . . . Since it is impossible to please all of [those… — Vincent de Paul
Faith is not in itself a meritorious act; the merit is in the One to Whom it is directed. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I think the minority students that we admit to Harvard are every bit as meritorious as the white students that we admit. — Derek Bok
The annual award of $5,000 goes to an author for a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young adults. Scott O'Dell… — Scott O'Dell
People abuse their own friends and family, but it is only after performing many meritorious acts that one gets a human birth. — Sathya Sai Baba
CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to obtain. — Ambrose Bierce
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The rescue of a person, who is assaulted, or restrained of his liberty, without authority of law, is not only morally, but legally, a meritorious… — Lysander Spooner
Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when… — W. Somerset Maugham
If you have done something meritorious, you experience pleasure and happiness; if wrong things, suffering. A happy or unhappy life is your own creation. Nobody… — Swami Satchidananda
If experience be consulted, it will be found there is no action, however abominable, that has not received the applause of some people. Parricide -… — Baron d'Holbach
Men mark the passion of Christ, and print it on their heart somewhat to follow it. It was the most voluntary passion that ever was… — John Wycliffe
If corporate leaders and their acolytes are not slaves to some meritorious social purpose, they run the risk of being enslaved by their own ignoble… — Gary Hamel
We Can Most Safely Achieve Truly Universal Tolerance When We Respect That Which Is Characteristic In The Individual And In Nations, Clinging, Though, To The… — Pacifiersucker

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