Assurance Quote by Lord Chesterfield

There is a proud modesty in merit.

— John Dryden

Great Modesty often hides great Merit.

— Benjamin Franklin

There is in every breast a sensibility to marks of honor, of favor, of esteem, and of confidence, which, apart from all considerations of…

— James Madison

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkward; and merit without modesty, insolent. But modest merit has a double claim to acceptance, and generally meets with…

— Joseph Addison

“Meritocracy is a social arrangement like any other: it is a loose set of rules that can be adapted in order to obscure advantages,…

— Shamus Rahman Khan

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

— William Hazlitt

“Creating a meritocracy requires equal participation by both the hippo, who could rule the day by fiat, and the brave smart creative, who risks…

— Eric Schmidt

Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.

— Delphine de Girardin

Meritocracy is our social ideal, particularly among good liberals. Equality of opportunity, but not of outcome. Not evaluating people by their [outside] features, but…

— Chris Hayes

True modesty does not consist in an ignorance of our merits, but in a due estimate of them.

— Augustus William Hare

“A meritocracy is a system in which the people who are the luckiest in their health and genetic endowment; luckiest in terms of family…

— Ben Bernanke

That the actual practice of meritocracy mostly involves a strenuous quest to avoid any kind of downward mobility, for oneself or for one's kids,…

— Ross Douthat