#merit

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. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

#great power #himself #his #interest #ivy

People actually get sponsors based on the merits of the Cup, not on the merits of the sailors. ↗

— John Sweeney

#based #cup #get #merits #people

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#fortune #happy #merit #miserable #only

Nothing in medicine is so insignificant as to merit attention. ↗

— Thomas Sydenham

#insignificant #medicine #merit #nothing

Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#inconsiderable #master #masters #merit #methods

None merits the name of Creator but God and the poet. ↗

— Torquato Tasso

#god #merits #name #none #poet

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another. ↗

— Henry John Temple

#man #merit #opinion

I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#i #just #keep #merit #play

In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process. ↗

— Tammy Baldwin

#did #grandfather #had #independent #lab

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#fired #like #merit #politics #position