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Americans like to talk about (or be told about) Democracy but, when put to the test, usually find it to be an ‘inconvenience.’ We have opted instead for an authoritarian system disguised as a Democracy. We pay through the nose for an enormous joke-of-a-government, let it push us around, and then wonder how all those assholes got in there.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.

The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.

I love things that age well – things that don’t date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples of the absolute best.

Failure is the test of greatness.

The nearer Christ comes to a heart, the more it becomes conscious of its guilt; it will then either ask for his mercy and find peace, or else it will turn against Him because it is not yet ready to give up its sinfulness. Thus He will separate the good from the bad, the wheat from the chaff. Man’s reaction to this Divine Presence will be the test: either it will call out all the opposition of egotistic natures, or else galvanize them into a regeneration and a resurrection.

Kashmir is the real test of secularism in India.

I do not want to die being known for doing baby mama DNA tests on my show.

Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.

My phone rings, they call me up and say, ‘Chael, your testosterone level is too high.’ I say, ‘Well, how high was it?’ They say, ‘0.7.’ I said, ‘What’s normal?’ They say, ‘0.6.’; I said, ‘One-tenth? You’re telling me I’m one-tenth higher than the average man? Re-test that – you must have caught me on a low day.’

The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word ‘no.’ Love respects ‘no,’ control does not.

To test a perfect theory with imperfect instruments did not impress the Greek philosophers as a valid way to gain knowledge.

[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

He who does not answer the questions has passed the test.

If God were not to test us, there would be no patience.

The Everglades is a test. If we pass it, we may get to keep the planet.

A woman will test you to see if you are what you say you are. Any woman that you fall in love with: She loves you too, but she’s going to try you; that’s her nature. She has to know that she can depend on you; she has to know that you will stand up for her. She has to know that you will back up the children that she brings in the world for us.

No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.

One training device is the ergometer. I never owned one, never trained on one, and practically never used one. The few national team tests I took on ergs were dismal failures, which worked wonders to further my dislike of these beastly creatures. Boring. Tedious. Noisy. Ergs have greatly cheapened rowing. Graceless. Greasy. Grim. The erg is to rowing what having sex by yourself is to having sex. Stop it!

Life consists of two days: one for you and one against you, so when it’s for you don’t be proud or reckless, and when it’s against you be patient, for both days are test for you

What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet?

I am thorough believer in the American test of character. He will not build high who does not build for himself.

We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.

Failure is the true test of greatness

Proportion and propriety are among the best secrets of domestic wisdom; and there is no surer test of integrity than a well-proportioned expenditure.

The test, surely, of a creed is not the ability of those who accept it to announce their faith; its test is its ability to change their behavior in the ordinary round of daily life. Judged by that test, I know no religion that has a moral claim upon the allegiance of men.

Listening to others, especially those with whom we disagree, tests our own ideas and beliefs. It forces us to recognize, with humility, that we don’t have a monopoly on the truth.

Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble.

As man reaches out toward the twenty-first century, he will learn to be suspicious of all ideas that are not formulated so that they can be tested by observation. He will realize that the history of human thought shows that the ideas of which we are surest are the ones we most need to test. He will realize that his common sense only mirrors his training and experience. What seems natural and right to him is usually a reflection of the conditions under which he spent his first decade of life.