When you understand that life is a test, you realize that nothing is insignificant in your life.
A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
God never uses anyone greatly until He tests them deeply.
Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream. That’s the point at which most people give up. It’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.
Profit is not the explanation, cause, or rationale of business behavior and business decisions, but the test of their validity.
The Everglades is a test. If we pass it, we may get to keep the planet.
Google is famous for making the tiniest changes to pixel locations based on the data it accrues through its tests. Google will always choose a spartan webpage that converts over a beautiful page that doesn't have the data to back it up.
And took for truth the test of ridicule.
People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other.
But in any case, I did poorly on the tests and so, in the first three years of school, I had teachers who thought I was stupid and when people think you're stupid, they have low expectations for you.
The problem of individual differences and group differences would not be made to disappear by abolishing tests. One cannot treat a fever by throwing away the thermometer.
I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.
I screwed up. It's all on me. I know that. . . All these hiccups I have, they must be for a reason. All this is just a test. I just don't know what the test is yet.
I would love to fight whoever is the best. I want to test myself on how much I can achieve.
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
The best tests of my Christian growth occur in the mainstream of life, not in the quietness of my study
For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds.
The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.
I am relieved that, in my own teaching, I don't have to moderate between high stake teaching and education for the virtues. If I did, I would give students the tools to take the tests but not spend an inordinate amount of time on test prep nor on 'teaching to the test. ' If the students, or their parents, want drill in testing, they'd have to go elsewhere. As a professional, my most important obligation is to teach the topic, skills, and methods in ways that I feel are intellectually legitimate.
The only test of leadership is that somebody follows.