Quotes by Merit It's hard to judge literary merit. Henry Rollins literary-merit merit judging Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it. Horatio Nelson palms merit gains Love has no awareness of merit or demerit; it has no scale... Love loves; this is its nature. Howard Thurman marriage-love merit life The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us. Friedrich Nietzsche merit arrogance people Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute. Herman Melville accidents merit fame Western society is a society of ever richer, more varied, more productive, more self-defined, and more satisfying lives; it is a society of boundless private charity; it is a society that broke, on behalf of merit, the seemingly eternal chains of station by birth. Ibn Warraq merit charity self There's this belief with no merit that media with women at the center applies only to women, but media with men at the center applies to everyone. Ilana Glazer merit media men To those critics who see capitalism as a system of inegalitarian, oppressive structures, its defenders have vaunted its ability to recognize and encourage what they call individual merit and asserted not only the desirability but also the inevitability of differential reward, of earned privilege, so to speak. Immanuel Wallerstein merit rewards privilege Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised. Isaac D'Israeli merit criticism There is no merit to discipline under ideal circumstances. I must have it in the face of death or it is worthless. Isaac Asimov merit discipline faces Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster. J. Christopher Herold merit good-luck mistake If I have any merit, it is getting along with individuals, according to their ways and characteristics. At times it involves suppressing yourself. It is painful, but necessary. To be a leader you have got to lead human beings with affection. J. R. D. Tata merit leader way The grace of God is love freely shown toward guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit. J. I. Packer merit guilty grace God's love is an exercise of his goodness toward sinners who merit only condemnation. J. I. Packer merit exercise love-is Lies don't matter, ... There's no merit to it. It's kind of hard to entertain foolishness when it has no merit. Jalen Rose merit matter lying Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence. James Anthony Froude sequence inevitable merit If you want the best results in an organization, you must rely solely on merit. James Cook merit organization want The left controls the media, the institutions of higher learning and the government. They preach against business, disparate merit, decry free enterprise and slander capitalism. James Cook merit media government We can all perceive the difference between ourselves and our inferiors, but when it comes to a question of the difference between us and our superiors we fail to appreciate merits of which we have no proper conceptions. James F. Cooper merit appreciate differences Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough; and we receive it as a favor; but when it comes in great quantities, we regard it only as a debt, which nothing but our merit could extort. James Goldsmith debt merit favors «4567891011121314»