Top Merit Quotes

Today. the celebration is for the "victorious", not the meritorious. The depiction to the youth, is that one can be victorious without merit, and that merit is less notable than victory. The result, i...

To sit down means to calm down without rush and fuss, stop and reflect, analyze all pros and cons, count all possible merits and faults

Merit Definition

(n.) The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.

(n.) Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.

(n.) Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.

(n.) To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment.

(n.) To reward.

(v. i.) To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.

There's very little authentic study of the humanities remaining. My research assistant came to me two years ago saying she'd been in a seminar in which the teacher spent two hours saying that Walt Whi...

Japanese universities have a chair system that is a fixed hierarchy. This has its merits when trying to work as a laboratory on one theme. But if you want to do original work you must start young, and...

Rejoice in the works of your hands, be happy and thankful that you are valuable, that what you say and do insn't taken for a ride, that you have rejected the notion of self-doubt and fear, that God is...

When the competent men of the system are compelled to quit, the system will soon quit itself.

Together the magicks swirled and danced around us, invisible but tangible, like an breeze. This wasn't defensive or offensive magic. It wasn't used to gather information, for strategy or diplomacy, or...

People always knock what's new but I love the modern Internet, where cleverness is currency. Social media is a cleverness meritocracy. We're living in it.

It is sad that in this world people put great merit in what a person has more than what a person is.

The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it.

We need to give you two a couple name, I said, taking a seat on the opposite side of the table. Lucsey, perhaps? Luc didn’t bat an eyelash; he simply turned a page of the newspaper. Call us what you w...

His(Luc) eyes widened appreciatively as he took in my dress, heels, hair. You look beautiful.Ethan beat me to a response. Thank you. But you should compliment Merit as well. She cleans up nicely.Luc s...

I glanced mildly at Lindsey. Did you spike his blood with caffeine? Die Hard marathon was on TV last night, she said. He’s been weaponized since then.

The man was walking power and confidence, and he was all mine. Seriously, Lindsey whispered, well done. I know, right?

His lips so soft, yet so stern, he pressed his mouth to mine. I will have both of you, he said. My Sentinel and my city. And the GP will learn exactly how stubborn we both can be.

Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why should it be life's business to give us warm comfortable feelings towards its end? What possible evolutio...

He wants you, Lindsey said. Physically and otherwise. Maybe you only need to remind him that you can handle yourself. How? Girl, you’re the Sentinel of this House, and you’ve been trained by Catcher a...

I looked at Ethan and smiled a little.I love you, he mouthed.I love you, too, I mouthed back.And I’m nauseous, Catcher grumbled. Let’s get on with this. I am seriously in need of a beer and a Lifetime...

When we overemphasise miracles we are saying people could get something without qualification and merit.

A novel must be judged on its merits, not on how hard the journey was to write it.