Quotes About Merit

Except for the grace of God, I would be nobody - and that grace is the opposite of merit - human labour, education or human wisdom.

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.

Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions.

Only where there is pecuniary equality can the distinction of merit stand out.

Equality has no place for genius.

Excellence always sells.

I was looking for excellence in any color or gender it comes in. Some of my top people are African American but not all of them.

Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.

Faith is not in itself a meritorious act; the merit is in the One to Whom it is directed.

Everyone should be judged by works and attitude , not birth place.

Nothing, how little so ever it be, if it is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.

Earn your status in life, don't buy it.

It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.

Pride not thyself on thy religious works, Give to the poor, but talk not of thy gifts: By pride religious merit melts away, The merit of thy alms, by ostentation.

For her [Françoise], wealth was like a necessary condition without which virtue would lack both merit and charm. She made so little distinction between the two that she came to see their qualities as interchangeable, expecting material comfort from virtue and moral edification from wealth.

Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare; more apt To slacken virtue and abate her edge Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise.

His weakness shall o'ercome Satanic strength,   And all the world, and mass of sinful flesh;   That all the Angels and aethereal Powers—   They now, and men hereafter—may discern   From what consummate virtue I have chose   This perfet man, by merit called my Son,   To earn salvation for the sons of men.     So spake the Eternal Father, and all Heaven   Admiring stood a space;

Christ is the meritorious cause of the bestowing of those good gifts, faith and constancy unto martyrdom, upon you.

A thing of worth is what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.

I thought treating everyone the same was being fair and impartial. Gradually I began to suspect that it was neither fair nor impartial. In fact, it was just the opposite. That's when I began announcing that team members wouldn't be treated the same or alike; rather, each one would receive the treatment they earned and deserved.

Finally, I would like to close with a Buddhist practice of dedicating merit. Whatever benefit and merit may have arisen here, we dedicate it for the benefit of all beings.

Never exalt people because they're in your family; never exalt people because they're your color; never exalt people because they're your kinfolk. Exalt them because they're worthy.

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man is quick at seizing advantages, and the stupid man has no fear of death.