Quotes about merit
merit
There is merit without rank, but there is no rank without some merit. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
merit praise envious
The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise.
merit fortune
Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work.
merit gains palms
Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it. Horatio Nelson
merit reverence
How can the unknown merit reverence? Harold Pinter
merit praise
Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise. Marcus Tullius Cicero
merit privilege possessing
Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit P. J. O'Rourke
merit action praise
Though strength be wanting, the will to action Merits praise. Ovid
merit
Merit rarely goes unrewarded. George Washington
merit given concerned
You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don't be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit. Epictetus
merit triumph concerned
Don't be concerned who is watching you. The triumphs and merits of others belong to them - as do yours to you. Make the most of what you've got.
merit results depends
Evidently the merit depends on the result of the work. Henryk Sienkiewicz
merit modesty candle
Thy modesty 's a candle to thy merit. Henry Fielding
merit hell inferno
The merit of Mahomet is that he founded a religion without an inferno. Napoleon Bonaparte
merit glorious
More glorious to merit a sceptre than to possess one.
merit rich feels
The rich feel full of merit. Mason Cooley
merit inevitable sequence
Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence. James Anthony Froude
merit natural capacity
No one deserves his greater natural capacity nor merits a more favorable starting place in society. John Rawls
merit deference esteem
Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem. Nicolas Chamfort
merit proud modesty
There is a proud modesty in merit. John Dryden
merit praise greedy
Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit. Plutarch
merit birth fine-things
Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.
merit fondness
Merit rather enforces respect than attracts fondness. Samuel Johnson
merit idiot distinction
To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess. William Blake
merit debate
There's always merit to having a debate. Ward Churchill
merit tests fame
Fame is no sure test of merit. Thomas Carlyle
merit problem written
A lot has been written about the merits and problems with detox but it is definitely worth it overall. Lee Haney
merit attention world
What comes into the world to disturb nothing merits neither attention nor patience Rene Char
merit and-love power-and-love
We have nothing to do but to receive, resting absolutely upon the merit , power , and love of our Redeemer. William James