“ The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. ”
- Francis Scott Fitzgerald- Copy
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“ The other day they asked me about mandatory drug testing. I said I believed in drug testing a long time ago. All through the sixties I tested everything. ”
- Bill Lee- Copy
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“ Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20/20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for testing the truth of what you think you know, but it can't tell you where you ought to go. ”
- Robert Maynard Pirsig- Copy
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“ Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various temptations and tried by much adversity. ”
- Thomas a Kempis- Copy
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“ Assuredly we bring not innocence not the world, we bring impurity much rather: that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary. ”
- John Milton- Copy
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“ The diamond cannot be polished without friction, not man perfected without trials. ”
- Confucius- Copy
- 41
“ Blessed is he who has never been tempted; for he knows not the frailty of his rectitude. ”
- Christopher Morley- Copy
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“ I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition. ”
- Voltaire- Copy
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“ God chooses that men should be tried, but let a man beware of tempting his neighbor. ”
- George MacDonald- Copy
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“ I felt I was walking with destiny and all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
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“ Temptation almost always assails us at the point where we thought no defense necessary. ”
- Elizabeth Elton Smith- Copy
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“ To pray against temptation, and yet rush into occasions, is to thrust your fingers into the fire, and then pray they might not be burnt. ”
- Thomas Secker- Copy
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“ Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube. ”
- William Arthur Ward- Copy
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“ Women are always being tested…but ultimately, each of us has to define who we are individually and then do the very best job we can to grow into it. ”
- Hillary Clinton- Copy
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“ Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test. ”
- William James- Copy
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“ What we have to do is to be forever curiously testing new opinions and courting new impressions. ”
- Walter Pater- Copy
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“ I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary to the implications of therapy for significant learning. ”
- Carl Rogers- Copy
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“ Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality. ”
- C. S. Lewis- Copy
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“ The real trick is to make the moves in your head first, as a way of testing them out. ”
- Juliene Berk- Copy
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“ Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action. ”
- Damon Hill- Copy
- 189
“ The military said we'll be able to confirm Saddam is dead with DNA testing. Apparently we have a sample of his DNA. So Monica Lewinsky is working for the CIA? ”
- Jay Leno- Copy
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“ Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't. ”
- Richard Bach- Copy
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“ An animal experiment cannot be justifiable unless the experiment is so important that the use of a brain-damaged human would be justifiable. ”
- Peter Singer- Copy
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“ The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. ”
- Robert G. Ingersoll- Copy
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“ To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist. ”
- Gail Sheehy- Copy
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