Merit Quotes

This is a slight unmeritable man,
Meet to be sent on errants.

– William Shakespeare

It’s hard to judge literary merit.

– Henry Rollins

How vain, without the merit, is the name.

– Homer

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

– Joseph Addison

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

– Isaac D’Israeli

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

– Benjamin Disraeli

I took what I’ve been given, and I got where I did on the basis of something that is often undervalued – merit.

– Gianluigi Buffon

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

– Eleanor Roosevelt

The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

– Francis Quarles

Where we can compete on merit, we do very well.

– Jim Barksdale

There’s always merit to having a debate.

– Ward Churchill