Courses Quote by Keshub Chandra Sen

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We all want merit to mean something, and we all may be tempted to reduce that meaning to something measurable and concrete like an…

— Eric Liu

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

It's a profession where merit is not necessarily rewarded.

— Judd Nelson

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

Merit, God knows, is very little rewarded.

— Charles Lamb

The world is not a meritocracy, as much as we may like to pretend that it is. And we have a long way to…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Merit is a work for the sake of which Christ gives rewards. But no such work is to be found, for Christ gives by…

— Martin Luther

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

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

— Tenzin Palmo