Deserving Quotes

Respect is not ever assigned; it's earned.

It is better to deserve without receiving than to receive without deserving

Life is like that, full of words that are not worth saying or that were worth saying once but not any more, each word that we utter will take up the space of another more deserving word, not deserving in its own right, but because of the possible consequences of saying it.

I am more afraid of deserving criticism than of receiving it.

A just fortune awaits the deserving. [Lat., Fors aequa merentes Respicit.]

True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.

During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.