Merit Quotes - Page 3

Slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back; I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.

Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you will have merit. Do not be prideful, and your work will endure.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence.

One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.

Pure Christian love is not derived from the merit of the object.

Where we can compete on merit, we do very well.

Lies don't matter, ... There's no merit to it. It's kind of hard to entertain foolishness when it has no merit.

A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them.

The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.

Man is such a wondrous being that it is never possible to count up all his merits at once. The more you study him, the more new particulars appear, and their description would be endless.

I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds.

Hereditary property sophisticates the mind, and the unfortunate victims to it ... swathed from their birth, seldom exert the locomotive faculty of body or mind; and, thus viewing every thing through one medium, and that a false one, they are unable to discern in what true merit and happiness consist.

Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age

We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.

If you want the best results in an organization, you must rely solely on merit.

How can the unknown merit reverence?

Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.

Merit challenges envy.

Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.

To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.

Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.

I am sure all politicians will be convinced of the merits of this deal.

I love flexing theater Muscles. Television has merits as well, but there's no substitute for live theater.