Merit Quote by Plautus

We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. [Lat., Virtute ambire oportet, non…

— Plautus

Let us not... contend about merit , but let us all be intent on forwarding the common enterprize , and equally enjoy any progress…

— Joseph Priestley

I am a believer in people succeeding on merit.

— Nicola Sturgeon

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

— Anonymous

It is possible to indulge too great contempt for mere success, which is frequently attended with all the practical advantages of merit itself, and…

— William Benton Clulow

Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too…

— Samuel Johnson

Merit, God knows, is very little rewarded.

— Charles Lamb

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

— Bahá'u'lláh

Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.

— Chanakya

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

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

The thing to do in this lifetime is to create more merit.

— Tenzin Palmo

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