I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test. — Ashton Eaton Copy Share Image
How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the test of… — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
New York city, the incomparable, the brilliant star city of cities, the forty-ninth state, a law unto itself, the Cyclopean Paradox, the… — John Gunther Copy Share Image
There is no single test or formula for producing moral progress anymore than there is for generating scientific truths. It is a… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
A psychologist once asked a group of college students to jot down, in thirty seconds, the initials of the people they disliked.… — James Keller Copy Share Image
The key question companies need to address is not 'Should we make mistakes?' but rather 'Which mistakes should we make in order… — Paul J. H. Schoemaker Copy Share Image
Politics deserves much praise. Politics is a preoccupation of free men, and its existence is a test of freedom. The praise of… — Bernard Crick Copy Share Image
Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fibre… — James Buckham Kennedy Copy Share Image
People are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact. The teachers who are making the greatest difference go… — Wendy Kopp Copy Share Image
We have among us a class of mammon worshippers, whose one test of conservatism or radicalism is the attitude one takes with… — Richard T. Ely Copy Share Image
Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics. — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
There's an appreciation, not unlike that for dancers or tightrope walkers, of the body undergoing tests and coming through them by courage… — Richard Gilman Copy Share Image
Television is a new, hard test of our wisdom. If we succeed in mastering the new medium it will enrich us. But… — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the… — James P. Hogan Copy Share Image
I also became interested in chemistry and gradually accumulated enough test tubes and other glassware to do chemical experiments, using small quantities… — Sydney Brenner Copy Share Image
The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
The cinema is going to form the mind of England. The national conscience, the national ideals and tests of conduct, will be… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Rely upon your own judgment; be true to your own conscience; follow the light that is within you; all outward lights are… — James Allen Copy Share Image
I just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low. 'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I've always thought tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
