Quotes having the keyword Merit
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
by William Shakespeare (Dramatist, English , born in 1970) keywords: deserving, false, got, idle, imposition, lost, merit, most, oft, reputation , without 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.
by Matthew Simpson (Clergyman, American , born in 1811) keywords: against, america, barrier, elevation, every, exists, honorable, humblest, known, life, lincoln, may, merit, mr, opportunity, shows, station , wherever I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs.
by George Soros (Businessman, Hungarian , born in 1930) keywords: after, because, economy, global, international, look, lot, markets, merit, needs, social, sufficient , think A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest.
by Philip Stanhope (Statesman, British , born in 1694) keywords: great, himself, his, interest, ivy, man, merit, must, never, oak, power, raise, round, some, will , young The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.
by Jonathan Swift (Writer, Irish , born in 1667) keywords: confessed, fortune, happy, merit, miserable, only, power, prudence, success , their Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.
by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand (Diplomat, French , born in 1754) keywords: however, inconsiderable, master, masters, merit, methods, rewarded, should , sought Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.
by Marquis De Vauvenargues (born in 1715) keywords: appreciates, assigns, because, enough, feel, few, injured, limit, men, merit, modest, offense, praise, sometimes, take, their , them In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing.
by Thorstein Veblen (Economist, American , born in 1857) keywords: belongs, dancing, fencing, law, merit, modern, more, point, school, substantial, than , university One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
by Voltaire (Writer, French , born in 1970) topics: Poetry keywords: deny, few, fewer, merit, more, persons, poetry, prose, says, than, will , words I don't say tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
by Mary Wortley (Royalty, English , born in 1689) keywords: advanced, greatest, impossible, impudence, impudent, large, man, merit, moderate, more, probable, qualifications, rise, say, share, than, tis, without , world
