Quotes About Test

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Such was the malleability of the Buddha's message, which eschewed dogma and blind faith. "Treat my teachings like gold. Test them and shape them into an ornament to suit each particular wearer", he said.

Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isn't the best litmus test.

So much for keeping things business when it came to Jenna Darrow. If this had been a test, he figured he'd just failed it with flying colors.

All organizations must be capable of change. We need concepts and measurements that give to other kinds of organizations what the market test and profitability yardstick give to business. Those tests and yardsticks will be quite different.

Values, in other words, are and should be the ultimate test.

Christ deliberately hides Himself, disguises Himself, gives no physical sign of His Real Presence in the Eucharist, for a crucially important purpose: to test and elicit and strengthen our faith. If we saw miraculous signs in every Eucharist, or if the Eucharistic bread and wine had no taste, like other bread and wine, or even if we felt unique feelings each time we received the Eucharist, our faith would be less strong because it would have sensible or emotional crutches to lean on.

do things to discover what to do.

I love you,' Rachael said. 'If I entered a room and found a sofa covered with your hide I'd score very high on the Voigt-Kampff test.

Worse still, he had failed to pass the minimum mental faculties test, which made him in popular parlance a chickenhead.

I almost passed the IQ test," he said in a low, shaky voice.

Oh! You're Lord Asriel!" "That's right. But how are you going to test the truth of that claim?" "What's the baby's name?" "Lyra." "And what's her dæmon called?" "Pantalaimon.

Douglass played the prophetic role of the "suffering servant" with zeal. His famous statement about agitation, delivered in a speech in 1857, has stood the test of time and numerous protest ideologies: "If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to

for this is a lesson to carry with you all your life long. God demands our allegiance above all things. We are to remain steadfast with him, even when things are the hardest, even when we are weakest, even when we are angry, even when we are afraid. These are all forces from beyond the boundaries of Eden. They exist, yes, and they test us. But we can carry the holy garden with us wherever we go, so long as our hearts remain true to God.

Odd: I wish I could believe in reincarnation. Chief Porter: Not me. Once down the track is enough of a test. Pass me or fail me, Dear Lord, but don't make me go through high school again. Odd: If there's something we want so bad in this life but we can't have it, maybe we could get it the next time around. Chief Porter: Or maybe not getting it, accepting less without bitterness and being grateful for what we have is a part of what we're here to learn.

Moi je dis, le couple, la plus terrible épreuve que Dieu puisse nous infliger.

I was always more street-smart than academic, as such, but I took a Mensa test once and did quite well in it.

I have seen that Tendulkar was not at all comfortable against Shoaib in Kolkata Test in 1999. It was Shoaib's first tour of India, and he bowled out Sachin without giving him a chance to open his account.

The Ashes are the biggest Test series played in the world.

Misfortune is a test of people's fidelity. Those who protest at injustice are people of true merit.

Was he some test from the Ministry of Pain? Some awful assessment, and if so, had she passed or failed?

Any AI smart enough to pass a Turing test is smart enough to know to fail it.

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

A child be one's greatest test of all.