Quotes by Merit Where we can compete on merit, we do very well. James L. Barksdale merit wells competition The magnitude of this evil among us is so deeply felt, and so universally acknowledged, that no merit could be greater than that of devising a satisfactory remedy for it. James Madison merit slavery evil Of my merit On that pint you yourself may jedge: All is, I never drink no sperit, Nor I haint never signed no pledge. James Russell Lowell merit drink may The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber. Jane Porter flattery merit honest You must begin to trust yourself sometime. I suggest you do it now. If you do not then you will forever be looking to others to prove your own merit to you, and you will never be satisfied. You will always be asking others what to do, and at the same time, resenting those from whom you seek such aid. Jane Roberts merit asking forever To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either. Jane Austen merit yield understanding We certainly do not forget you, so soon as you forget us. It is, perhaps, our fate rather than our merit. We cannot help ourselves. Jane Austen merit fate helping Thus much indeed he was obliged to acknowledge - that he had been constant unconsciously, nay unintentionally; that he had meant to forget her, and believed it to be done. He had imagined himself indifferent, when he had only been angry; and he had been unjust to her merits, because he had been a sufferer from them. Jane Austen merit unjust done A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed. Jean de la Bruyere merit birth causes We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them. Jean Toomer merit giving 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. Jean de la Bruyere merit reputation alive Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out. Jean de la Bruyere merit shade giving It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Jean de la Bruyere merit writing men A coxcomb is the blockhead's man of merit. Jean de la Bruyere blockheads merit men The favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit, and yet does not prove that it exists. Jean de la Bruyere merit favors doe I am told so many ill things of a man, and I see so few in him, that I begin to suspect he has a real but troublesome merit, as being likely to eclipse that of others. Jean de la Bruyere merit real men I judge each person on individual merits. Jeff Gannon merit individual judging This [service to oppressed] is the writer's task, and, if he fulfills it as he should, he acquires no merit from it. Jean-Paul Sartre merit tasks should The realization that my daily relationship with God is based on the infinite merit of Christ instead of on my own performance is a very freeing and joyous experience. But it is not meant to be a one-time experience; the truth needs to be reaffirmed daily. Jerry Bridges merit realization needs Any large-scale organization must lose some of the merits of its rudimentary beginnings. Quantity will have a coarsening effect on quality. John Buchan merit quality organization «56789101112131415»