Quotes about merit
merit lord devotion
Chanakya Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.
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Benjamin Franklin Great Modesty often hides great Merit.
merit self-esteem wish
Acknowledgment -- If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.
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As long as our players focus, I feel that we ought to be competitive come tournament time. In addition, I feel that our record could very well merit us a berth in the Virginia State Independent Schools Playoffs. If so, it would be the first time that we qualified for the VIS.
merit plagiarism preservation
Benjamin Disraeli Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
merit affection
Baltasar Gracian The more merit, the less affection.
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Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit
merit trying
there's no merit to what you're trying to write a story about.
merit peculiar care
Alexander Pope The good must merit God's peculiar care; But who but God can tell us who they are?
merit his-love mercy
David Platt God chose to set his love on the Israelites not because of any merit in them but solely because of mercy in him.
merit mercy divine
David Platt Salvation has absolutely nothing to do with human merit and absolutely everything to do with divine mercy.
merit others studied
We have not studied all of them. Many of them may be sound, while there may be others that merit override consideration.
merit attention world
Rene Char What comes into the world to disturb nothing merits neither attention nor patience
merit tests fame
Thomas Carlyle Fame is no sure test of merit.
merit natural capacity
John Rawls No one deserves his greater natural capacity nor merits a more favorable starting place in society.
merit deference esteem
Nicolas Chamfort Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
merit rich feels
Mason Cooley The rich feel full of merit.
merits politics prioritize
On my team, we prioritize merits over politics.
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Mark Twain He was as shy as a newspaper is when referring to its own merits
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George Washington Merit rarely goes unrewarded.
merit amendments should
George Will When liberals advocate a value-added tax, conservatives should respond: Taxing consumption has merits, so we will consider it - after the 16th Amendment is repealed.
merit standing-out distinction
George Bernard Shaw Only where there is pecuniary equality can the distinction of merit stand out.
merit post talking
How can you post us No. 1? ... I don't really give too much merit to that because they don't know what they're talking about.
merit strictly
I don't really think there's any merit to that complaint. We're doing this strictly by the book.
merits possessed qualities sublime
May we imbibe all those qualities and sublime merits possessed by gods.
merit alive reputation
Jean de la Bruyere When we are dead we are praised by those who survive us, though we frequently have no other merit than that of being no longer alive.
merit honest flattery
Jane Porter The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber.
merit fame accidents
Herman Melville Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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Jean Toomer We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
merit reverence
Harold Pinter How can the unknown merit reverence?
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld There is merit without rank, but there is no rank without some merit.