Merit Quotes - Page 6

• Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

  Sallust

  Kings, Honesty, Soldier

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• Merit has rarely risen of itself, but a pebble or a twig is often quite sufficient for it to spring from to the highest ascent. There is usually some baseness before there is any elevation.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Spring, Ascent, Pebbles

  Walter Savage Landor (1853). “The Last Fruit Off an Old Tree”, p.291

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• O God, I confess I am not worthy to rock that little babe or wash its diapers, or to be entrusted with the care of a child and its mother. How is it that I without any merit have come to this distinction of being certain that I am serving thy creature and thy most precious will? Oh, how gladly will I do so. Though the duty should be even more insignificant and despised, neither frost nor heat, neither drudgery nor labor will distress me for I am certain that it is thus pleasing in thy sight.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Mother, Children, Rocks

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• Place your hopes in the mercy of God and the merits of our Redeemer; say often, looking at the crucifix: There are centered all my hopes.

  Paul of the Cross

  Mercy Of God, Mercy, Redeemer

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• It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Writing, Men, Glory

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• A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Fate, Men, Arrows

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• The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in stating them, believing that they serve to demonstrate further the merit of the system pursued.

  William Banting

  Believe, Interesting, Weight

  William Banting (2005). “Letter on Corpulence”, p.51, Cosimo, Inc.

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• This not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.

  Joseph Addison

  Success, Command, Mortals

  'Cato' (1713) act 1, sc. 2, l. 43

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• My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man’s skin nor authority he may wield, but purely on merit.

  Nelson Mandela

  Respect, Men, Color

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.139, Pan Macmillan

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• What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name.

  William Godwin

  Names, Doe, Enjoyed

  William Godwin (1831). “Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author”, p.355

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• Require nothing unreasonable of your officers and men, but see that whatever is required be punctually complied with. Reward and punish every man according to his merit, without partiality or prejudice; hear his complaints; if well founded, redress them; if otherwise, discourage them, in order to prevent frivolous ones. Discourage vice in every shape, and impress upon the mind of every man, from the first to the lowest, the importance of the cause, and what it is they are contending for.

  George Washington

  Men, Order, Mind

  George Washington (1989). “Maxims of George Washington: Political, Military, Social, Moral, and Religious”, Mount Vernon Ladies Assn of the

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• I've learned to judge of men by their own deeds;
  I do not make the accident of birth
  The standard of their merit.

  Sarah Josepha Hale

  Men, Judging, Deeds

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• He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public. He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when a man should marryA young man not yet, an elder man not at all.

  Francis Bacon

  Wise, Children, Mean

  Essays "Of Marriage and the Single Life" (1625) See Punch 1

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• Trust and confidence in Christ and a ready reliance on His merits, mercy, and grace lead to hope, through His Atonement, in the Resurrection and eternal life. Such faith and hope invite into our lives the sweet peace of conscience for which we all yearn.

  David A. Bednar

  Sweet, Grace, Resurrection

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• You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don't be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.

  Epictetus

  Given, Concerned, Right Now

  Epictetus, Sharon Lebell (2013). “The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness”, p.12, Harper Collins

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• Why do some people, when they want to practice, keep coming against problems and difficulties, and obstacles - inner obstacles and outer obstacles? It's because of the lack of merit.

  Tenzin Palmo

  Practice, People, Want

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• We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.

  Rex Stout

  Luck

  Rex Stout (2013). “The Rubber Band/The Red Box 2-in-1”, p.181, Bantam

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• Politics is the art of achieving prestige and power without merit.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Art, Humor, Deep Thought

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• It is better to have but little knowledge with humility and understanding, than great learning which might make you proud. For a person's merits are not to be estimated by having many visions, or by knowledge of the bible, or by being placed in a higher position; but by being grounded in true humility, and by seeking always, purely, and entirely, the honor of God.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Humility, Understanding, Honor

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• Even offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of love.

  Akkineni Nagarjuna

  Spiritual, Buddhist, Offering

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• A certain joyful, though humble, confidence becomes us when we pray in the Mediator's name. It is due to Him; when we pray in His name it should be without wavering. Remember His merits, and how prevalent they must be. " Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace."

  Nehemiah Adams

  Prayer, Humble, Names

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 460), 1895.

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• A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district; all studied and appreciated as they merit; are the principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty.

  Benjamin Franklin

  School, Patriotic, Support

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• Perpetual modernism is the measure of merit in every work of art.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Art, Work, Modernism

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• Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  People, Luck, Honest

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• Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.

  Plutarch

  Birth, Fine Things, Ancestor

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