We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us.
Henry Lawson

Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit you have been generous enough to find in my work.
Knut Hamsun

What I like least is dealing with publishers who simply don't want collaborations regardless of their merit.
Piers Anthony

What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name.
William Godwin

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another.
Henry John Temple

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

Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.
Jean Henri Fabre