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1 " A writer of any merit does not worry about being accepted everywhere. He must write to inspire, to change for the better or to challenge the status quo! "
2 " You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess: not for power or wisdom, at any rate. But you have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have. "
― J.R.R. Tolkien , The Lord of the Rings
3 " God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation. "
― John Calvin
4 " Why was I chosen?''Such questions cannot be answered,' said Gandalf. 'You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess. But you have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have. "
― J.R.R. Tolkien , The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
5 " Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable. "
― Joseph Joubert