Tested Quotes - Page 8

• Gratitude conserves the vital energies of a person more than any other attitude tested.

  Hans Selye

  Gratitude, Attitude, Energy

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• Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during the best of times.

  Thabo Mbeki

  Adversity, People, Resilience

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• They pick me [to be tested for steroids] every time. I don't know why. I don't know if it's because I'm a big guy, or what, but all I know is all they are going to find is a lot of rice and beans.

  David Ortiz

  Guy, Beans, Bigs

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• Unfortunately, the rumors are going to be a part of it. But that's OK. I'm probably tested more than anybody else. I'm not hiding anything. That stuff didn't help me hit home runs. I don't care what people say, nothing is going to give you that gift of hitting a baseball.

  Jason Giambi

  Baseball, Running, Home

  "Yankees' Giambi Tells Major League Baseball to Apologize for Drug Problems". www.foxnews.com. May 18, 2007.

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• The first two months were painful and they really tested my manhood because there were times I didn’t want to get up because I was in pain. That willpower has to kick in.

  Adrian Peterson

  Pain, Two, Want

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• Faith that is going to be trusted is going to be tested.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Trusted

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• America is moving forward and gaining strength. We have been tested, and we have proven ourselves to be a tough, resilient and resourceful nation.

  Bill Frist

  Moving, America, Way Forward

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• The whole [scientific] process resembles biological evolution. A problem is like an ecological niche, and a theory is like a gene or a species which is being tested for viability in that niche.

  David Deutsch

  Niche, Evolution, Problem

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• Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.

  Gerry Adams

  Patience, Eye, Equality

  Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

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• For me, Lionel Messi is quite clearly the best player ever. It’s a pleasure to put myself against him and when I finish my career it’s something I can look back on and know I’ve tested myself against the very best.

  John Terry

  Player, Careers, Messi

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• I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy... I can't get into minute details.

  Dee Snider

  Water, Creative, Guy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Jacque Fresco

  Reflection, Men, Ideas

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• The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested

  Michael M. Honda

  Tragedy, Constitution, Quiet

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• I got tested for AIDS. I know Barack got tested for AIDS. There's no shame in being tested for AIDS.

  Joe Biden

  Important, Shame, Aids

  "Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate Justice, Equality". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. June 29, 2007.

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• Any experience deeply felt makes some men better and some men worse. When it has ended, they share nothing but the recollection of a commitment in which each was tested and to some degree found wanting. [...] The consequences of the journey change the voyager so much more than the embarking or the arrival.

  Murray Kempton

  Commitment, Journey, Degrees

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• In the world of securities, courage becomes the supreme virtue after adequate knowledge and a tested judgment are at hand.

  Benjamin Graham

  Hands, Adequate Knowledge, World

  Benjamin Graham (1959). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”

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• It is in the Negev that the creativity and pioneer vigor of Israel shall be tested.

  David Ben-Gurion

  Creativity, Israel, Pioneers

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• Sometimes God allows us to be tested because He's preparing us for promotion.

  Joyce Meyer

  Sometimes, Promotion, Preparing

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• Struggles are a part of the sacred sanctification process. There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.

  L. Lionel Kendrick

  Struggle, Character, Blessing

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• Failure is awesome. Failure means you tried something, you tested it, and you learned some things. Failure gives you the tools to move forward.

  Leah Busque

  Moving, Mean, Giving

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• Researchers argue that it's of utmost importance to unravel the nature of black holes, lest we someday begin to worship them. Sounds ridiculous, but whole segments of humankind have often revered the unknowable, venerating that which cannot be tested experimentally. Come to think of it, many still do in twenty-first-century society.

  Eric Chaisson

  Thinking, Black, Twenties

  Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson (2007). “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos”, p.101, Columbia University Press

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• Learn not to add too many features right away, and get the core idea built and tested.

  Leah Culver

  Ideas, Add, Built

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• Religion is never more tested than when our emotions are ablaze. At such a time, the timeless grandeur of the Law and its ethics stand at our mercy.

  Timothy Winter

  Law, Ethics, Emotion

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• I am going to produce a movie of my own. I am not going to stick to the time-tested formulae of Hindi cinema. I want to make a film for the present generation. So there will be a lot of new faces in the film.

  Kabir Bedi

  Cinema, Want, Faces

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• Spontaneous love admits errors, hesitations and human failings. It can be tested and repaired.

  Nancy Friday

  Errors, Failing, Spontaneous

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