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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

He humphed and grabbed a carton of milk, then chugged directly from the cardboard spout. Mallory and I watched him, the same grimace on both our faces. Sure, I did the same thing with OJ, but he was 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...

Give me something to go on, here. What kind of black magic are we talking? Elphaba,Wicked Witch of the West-type stuff or Slytherin-type stuff?