Merits Quotes

223 quotes by 206 authors

What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our… — Teresa of Avila
Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of… — Charles Babbage
I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly,… — Bryan Adams
I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive… — Mikhail Bakunin
I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is… — Harold Brodkey
We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long… — James Buchan
It is long since I could have adventured on eternity, through God's mercy and Christ's merits; but death remained somewhat terrible, and that now is… — Donald Cargill
[The error in the teaching of mathematics is that] mathematics is expected either to be immediately attractive to students on its own merits or to… — Morris Kline
The appreciation of the merits of art of the emotions it conveys depends upon an understanding of the meaning of life... — Leo Tolstoy
A certain joyful, though humble, confidence becomes us when we pray in the Mediator's name. It is due to Him; when we pray in His… — Nehemiah Adams
In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not… — Agnes Repplier
O Jesus! Remember the sadness that Thou didst experience when, contemplating in the light of Thy divinity the predestination of those who would be saved… — Brigit of Kildare
Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits. — Edward Kennedy
Many bad golfers marry, feeling that a wife's loving solicitude may improve their game. But they are rugged, thick-skinned men, not sensitive and introspective. It… — P.G. Wodehouse
Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits. — John Calvin
I ... [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins. — Samuel Adams
We prefer ourselves to others, only because we a have more intimate consciousness and confirmed opinion of our own claims and merits than of any… — William Hazlitt
Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so… — Charles Caleb Colton
If you fall in love with an idea, you won't see the merits of alternative approaches-and will probably miss an opportunity or two. One of… — Roger von Oech
Remedy your deficiencies,and your merits will take care of themselves. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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