Merit Quote by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

There is merit without rank, but there is no rank without some merit.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Merit has rarely risen of itself, but a pebble or a twig is often quite sufficient for it to spring from to the highest…

— Walter Savage Landor

Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but…

— Martin Delany

The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it.

— William Hazlitt

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself.

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.

— St. Catherine of Siena

Merit, God knows, is very little rewarded.

— Charles Lamb

The world rewards the appearance of merit oftener than merit itself.

— Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be…

— Laozi

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

From the point of view of the relative world, merit is very important.

— Tenzin Palmo

Mountains should not be judged by altitude.

— Louis L'Amour