Quotes About Merit

the particular definition of 'merit' at a given moment expresses underlying power relations and tends, accordingly, to reflect the ideals of the groups that hold the power of cultural definition.

Faith itself has no merit; in fact, by its nature it is self-emptying. It involves our complete renunciation of any confidence in our own righteousness and a relying entirely on the perfect righteousness and death of Christ.

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.

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.

Why is this such a well-kept secret? The core issue is that we don't believe we're still spiritually "bankrupt." Having come into God's kingdom by grace alone solely on the merit of Another, we're now trying to pay our own way by our performance. We declared only temporary bankruptcy; we're now trying to live by good works rather than by grace.

She is to take a break from the idea that pleasure must be paid for, in advance, by the performance of duty. We chisel away at this complex system of fairness and merit, where everything has to be perfectly equitable in order to neutralize selfishness.

The prophecy of doom is made to avert its coming, and it would be the height of injustice to later deride the 'alarmists' because 'it did not turn out to be so bad after all'—to have been wrong may be their merit.

Come su tutte le lame di Viroleda, vi è inciso: 'Non sguainarla senza ragione, non rinfoderarla senza onore'. Ah! A Viroleda continuano a incidere questa iscrizione. Ma in tutto il mondo queste lame finiscono in mano a farabutti e a sciocchi. In tutto il mondo l'onore è sceso di prezzo, perché al giorno d'oggi è una merce difficile da vendere...

Don't good things come to good people?

I feel like God gives you what you deserve. Whatever that time is, you get what you deserve.

I don't think the United States has done anything whatsoever to merit any criticism by the British.

Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known.

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

Standardized tests don't care if you're white or black, short or tall, or even the rate at which you learned the course material. At the end of the day, all it cares about is whether you know what you're supposed to know. It can't be cheated, bent, or bargained with.

Pride in boasting of family antiquity, makes duration stand for merit.

There's no prize for being the best woman.

Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important.

There is something so arbitrary about prizes.

Nobel prizes are very special prizes, and it would be great to get one.

I have a knack for winning prizes; it must be something Ive done!

If I was producing something, it wouldn't make sense to me to cast somebody because of who their father is because that doesn't put anyone in the seats in the theatre. I wouldn't go to a movie because that person's father is so and so.

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

I'm all for diversity - but diversity for deserving people.

Anyone who says that awards make no difference to him is lying through his teeth!