The storms that are raging around you will turn out to be for God’s glory, your own merit, and the good of many souls.Padre Pio
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.Friedrich Nietzsche
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.William Shakespeare