Tested Quotes

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  Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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• The world must be made safe for democracy.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Presidential, Democracy, World

  Address to Joint Session of Congress asking for declaration of war, 2 Apr. 1917 See ThomasWolfe 1

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• None of us can know what we are capable of until we are tested.

  Elizabeth Blackwell

  Knows, Capable

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• You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Achievement, Feelings

  Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.93, Penguin

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• If you think you can't, you're right.

  Carol Bartz

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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• Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

  John Bevere

  Affliction, Silver, Refined

  John Bevere (2014). “The Bait of Satan, 20th Anniversary Edition: Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense”, p.9, Charisma Media

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• The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it.

  C. S. Lewis

  Tests, Fairness, Truthful

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• The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.

  Mark Twain

  Art, Fire, Virtue

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.496, Courier Corporation

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• Love that has been tested is far more awe-inspiring than love that has never known anything but bliss.

  Po Bronson

  Bliss, Awe Inspiring, Has Beens

  Po Bronson (2005). “Why Do I Love These People?: The Families We Come from and the Families We Form”

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• Our Faith must be tested. God builds no ships but what He sends to sea.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Sea, Ships, Christianity

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• Love is the great test of the human. The human is tested by our ability to withstand love. Love is so difficult, it is so challenging, it demands of us that we wreck it with ourselves. It demands of us an honesty that few of us could sustain.

  Junot Diaz

  Honesty, Love Is, Challenges

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• Whenever you become empowered,
  you will be tested.

  Caroline Myss

  Empowered

  Twitter post from Sep 06, 2013

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• The game was much like our season. This game tested our toughness, our resilience, our unselfishness. It's only fitting that it turned out this way. This is a great bunch of guys to play with. I feel very, very grateful.

  Peyton Manning

  Grateful, Games, Play

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• If a woman isn't being hazed, she's not being tested; therefore, she is not being trusted.

  Warren Farrell

  Being Trusted, Trusted, Ifs

  Warren Farrell (1994). “The Myth of Male Power: Why Men are the Disposable Sex”, Berkley Trade

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• I didn't know I was depressed until years later. Actually, I went to the Minirth-Meier Clinic for ADD. I got tested for ADD. So, that's nice. It's nice to know you got ADD. So, that puts you on medication. Did that for years. Then got tested for clinical depression. So, finally when they tell you this, you go, 'ahhh, this is great.' So, now this explains events in your life and how you handle them. But our society frowns on it and they don't want their heroes to have these issues, but unfortunately I do.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Nice, Hero, Years

  "Going Deep with Hall of Fame Quarterback Terry Bradshaw". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.

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• Friendship can be really tested only in bad times.

  Donald Trump

  Friendship, Bad Times

  Twitter post from Apr 17, 2015

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• In sum, the Court's conclusion that a constitutionally adequate recount is impractical is a prophecy the Court's own judgment will not allow to be tested. Such an untested prophecy should not decide the Presidency of the United States.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  United States, Adequate, Judgment

  "Justice Ginsburg's Dissent". www.washingtonpost.com. December 13, 2000.

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• Paranormal phenomena have a habit of going away whenever they are tested under rigorous conditions. This is why the $1,000,000 reward of James Randi, offered to anyone who can demonstrate a paranormal effect under proper scientific controls, is safe.

  James Randi

  Going Away, Safe, Rewards

  FaceBook post by James Randi from Nov 06, 2012

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• Countries like Jamaica do not have a random program, so they can go months without being tested. I'm not saying anyone is on anything, but everyone needs to be on a level playing field.

  Carl Lewis

  Country, Jamaica, Needs

  "Carl Lewis speaks out on Bolt, U.S. performance in Beijing, more". Interview with Arash Markazi, www.si.com. September 11, 2008.

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• It's really important for people who are HIV positive to reach out to let other people know that they can be tested, they can find out they can still live a life -- a positive life, a happy life.

  Laura Bush

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  "First Lady Winds Up West Africa Trip". www.foxnews.com. January 18, 2006.

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• The correctness of any of our policies has always to be tested and is always being tested by the masses themselves. We ourselves constantly examine our own decisions and policies. We correct our mistakes whenever we find them. We draw conclusions from all positive and negative experiences and apply those conclusions as widely as possible. In these ways relations between the Communist party and the masses of the people are constantly being improved.

  Mao Zedong

  Mistake, Party, Negative Experiences

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• These false answers such as, I am stone, I am bird, I am animal, I am man, I am woman, I am great, I am small are, in turn, received, tested and discarded until the Question arrives at the right and Final Answer, I AM GOD.

  Meher Baba

  Animal, Men, Bird

  Meher Baba (1969). “The Advancing Stream of Life: Its Mystery, Meaning & Purpose”

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• We're all going to have tests in our life... We never know when that test comes, but we know we have to be prepared for it. We're all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.

  Mike Tyson

  Dark, Doors, Mma

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• There's nothing worse than being shackled by some miniscule sort of technology you have onstage, and I think your mettle is going to get tested in those moments.

  El-P

  Technology, Thinking, Moments

  Interview with Grayson Currin, pitchfork.com. May 8, 2007.

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• Your brand is your public identity, what you're trusted for. And for your brand to endure it has to be tested, redefined, managed and expanded as markets evolve. Brands either learn or disappear.

  Lisa Gansky

  Identity, Disappear, Endure

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