Meritorious 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, is the masses are selectively and passively affirming that winning trumps hard work, that theft trumps the pride of ownership, and that personal success trumps collective progress.”
― Justin Kyle McFarlane Beau

“Professionalism is the magic touch that works like magic. Unlike a magician he doesn’t just pop in and pop out with success; hard work and smart work must combine. The magic moment comes when he is announced as the worthy recipient of a meritorious award.”
― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“True merit is like steel and not like cotton, it seems small from outside but weighs heavy inside.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Our discussion of equity was quite wide-ranging and went far beyond the matter of treating similarly meritorious individuals similarly and into the domain of also treating all individuals with a baseline level of respect and autonomy.”
― Aileen Nielsen, Practical Fairness: Achieving Fair and Secure Data Models

“Guess there are no meritorious service awards for emotional availability.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing