Quotes by Merit By meditating on affectionate love and wishing love for just one moment we accumulate greater merit than we would by giving food three times every day to all those who are hungry in the world. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso merit wish giving Merit rarely goes unrewarded. George Washington merit Our impartiality is kept for abstract merit and demerit, which none of us ever saw. George Eliot merit neutrality saws They say fortune is a woman and capricious. But sometimes she is a good woman, and gives to those who merit. George Eliot good-woman merit giving Thoughts on the Merits of Work The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work. Gilbert K. Chesterton merit retirement people Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give. Hannah More merit sweet giving I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense. Harold Brodkey merit accomplishment looks How can the unknown merit reverence? Harold Pinter merit reverence It is no merit in the sorrowful that they weep, or to the oppressed and smothering that they gasp and struggle, not to me, that I must speak for the oppressed - who cannot speak for themselves. Harriet Beecher Stowe merit speak struggle Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying. George Bernard Shaw merit live-for-today dying Only where there is pecuniary equality can the distinction of merit stand out. George Bernard Shaw merit distinction standing-out Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits. Heloise riches merit fate A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. H. L. Mencken merit respect men What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston merit opinion men ...the great merit of the place is that one can arrange one's life here exactly as one pleases...there are facilities for every kind of habit and taste, and everything is accepted and understood. Henry James merit paris taste The great merit of gold is precisely that it is scarce; that its quantity is limited by nature; that it is costly to discover, to mine, and to process; and that it cannot be created by political fiat or caprice. Henry Hazlitt merit political gold Thy modesty 's a candle to thy merit. Henry Fielding candle modesty merit It need hardly be said that shortness is a merit in words. Henry Watson Fowler merit said needs Most black leaders, whether left, right or center, from Frederick Douglas and Martin Delaney on in the middle of the 19th century have not even wondered about the merits of the capitalist system. Henry Louis Gates merit black leader Evidently the merit depends on the result of the work. Henryk Sienkiewicz depends merit results «345678910111213»