Circumstances Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another.

— Anonymous

Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature.

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Tenzin Palmo

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 more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough.

— Plautus

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

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

“Man's merit lieth in service and virtue and not in the pageantry of wealth and riches.”

— Bahá'u'lláh

In popular government results worth while can only be achieved by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense.

— Theodore Roosevelt

For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no matter what…

— John Steinbeck

Man, being made reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of…

— William Penn