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• A person's ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.

  Amish Tripathi

  Character, Amish, Ethics

  Amish Tripathi (2012). “The Immortals of Meluha: The Shiva Trilogy”, p.78, Hachette UK

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• Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test... You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems, unanswered prayers, undeserved criticism, and even senseless tragedies.

  Rick Warren

  Prayer, Character, Promise

  Rick Warren (2004). “What on Earth Am I Here For?”

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• The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.

  J. K. Rowling

  Mean, Adversity, Stronger

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• People had been working for so many years to make the world a safe, organized place. Nobody realized how boring it would become. With the whole world property-lined and speed-limited and zoned and taxed and regulated, with everyone tested and registered and adressed and recorded. Nobody had left much room for adventure, except maybe the kind you could buy. [...] The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Adventure, Years, Law

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• Jake's mouth found mine, his lips molding hot and soft to my own. His tongue tentatively tested the seal of my lips; I parted them and he pushed inside. It was startlingly sweet and achingly familiar, like finding harbor.

  Josh Lanyon

  Sweet, Jake, Hot

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• The Yesees said yes to anything That anyone suggested. The Noees said no to everything Unless it was proven and tested. So the Yesees all died of much too much And the Noees all died of fright, But somehow I think the Thinkforyourselfees All came out all right.

  Shel Silverstein

  Thinking, Too Much, Said

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• You need your Inner Eye tested, if you ask me.

  J. K. Rowling

  Eye, Funny Harry Potter, Needs

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• No stars gleam as brightly as those which glisten in the polar sky. No water tastes so sweet as that which springs amid the desert sand. And no faith is so precious as that which lives and triumphs through adversity. Tested faith brings experience. You would never have believed your own weakness had you not needed to pass through trials. And you would never have known God’s strength had His strength not been needed to carry you through.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Sweet, Stars, Spring

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• A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.

  Tahir Shah

  Journey, Merit

  Tahir Shah (2013). “In Search of King Solomon's Mines, paperback edition”, p.101, Lulu.com

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• Alternatively you can twist the cylinder round twice clockwise; that turns it into a hand grenade. Five-second fuse. I tested it on one of my assistants. Poor old Bennett... he should be out of hospital in a couple of months.

  Anthony Horowitz

  Couple, Hands, Twists

  Anthony Horowitz (2006). “Ark angel”, Putnam Juvenile

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• Everyone is tested. One might think it is unfair to be singled out and subjected to a particular temptation, but this is the purpose of mortal life—to be tested. And the answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Thinking, Temptation, Purpose

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• Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victor's being severely tested." The boy remembered an old proverb from his country. It said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn.

  Paulo Coelho

  Country, Boys, Night

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

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• Vienna, to me it was the tuning fork for the entire world. Saying the word Vienna was like striking a tuning fork and then listening to find what tone it called forth in the person I was talking to. It was how I tested people. If there was no response, this was not the kind of person I liked. Vienna wasn't just a city, it was a tone that either one carries forever in one's soul or one does not. It was the most beautiful thing in my life. I was poor, but I was not alone, because I had a friend.

  Sándor Márai

  Beautiful, Talking, Cities

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• He didn't believe in a God who sifted through prayers, answering some and ignoring others, no matter how unworthy or worthy a person might be. Instead, he preferred to believe in a God who bestowed all people with gifts and abilities and placed them in an imperfect world; only then was faith tested, only then could faith be earned.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Prayer, Believe, Imperfect World

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• Sure, when you're in the midst of your own suffering, it's easy to convince yourself that you're no good—but we are all tested in this life...The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.

  Neal Shusterman

  Men, Suffering, Tests

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• Thank you," the young mother said again. "Thank you." "The Black Tower protects," Logain heard himself say. "Always." "I will send him to you to be tested when he is of age," the woman promised, holding her son. "I would have him join you, if he has the talent." The talent. Not the curse. The talent.

  Robert Jordan

  Mother, Son, Black

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• Wow,” said Adrian. He sat down on the bed and tested its bounciness, giving it a nod of approval. “This is amazing. What do you think, buttercup?” “I have no words,” I said honestly. He patted the spot beside him. “Want to try it out?

  Richelle Mead

  Thinking, Giving, Trying

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.79, Penguin

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• All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.

  Muhammad Ali

  Endurance, Has Beens

  Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali (2013). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• For all his wisdom, he did not know that love cannot be tested. Honesty can be tested and loyalty. But there is not test for love. Love goes on forever, once it begins, even if we come to hate the one we love. Love goes on forever because love is born in the part of us that does not die.

  Gregory David Roberts

  Loyalty, Honesty, Hate

  Gregory David Roberts (2004). “Shantaram: A Novel”, p.483, St. Martin's Press

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• You will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity.

  J. K. Rowling

  Positive, Adversity, Our Relationship

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• We need to learn and to show others that there are tried and tested, powerful ways of containing and resolving conflict which do not require the use of force.

  Scilla Elworthy

  Peace, Powerful, Use

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• Sell practical, tested merchandise at a reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings - and they will always come back.

  Leon Leonwood Bean

  Business, Service Culture, Profit

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• It should be borne in mind that there is nothing more difficult to arrange, more doubtful of success, and more dangerous to carry through than initiating changes. The innovator makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old order, and only lukewarm support is forthcoming from those who would prosper under the new. Their support is lukewarm ... partly because men are generally incredulous, never really trusting new things unless they have tested them by experience.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Change, Men, Order

  "The Prince". Book by Niccolo Machiavelli, www.theguardian.com. 1532.

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• Easter time reminds us that we have every right to believe that this hope is based on time-tested truths and a solid foundation.

  Sarah Palin

  Hope, Easter, Believe

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• Why, then, do I continue to claim that creationism isn't science? Simply because these relatively few statements have been tested and conclusively refuted.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Evolution, Creation, Claims

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