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I always think the true test of free speech is when someone says something you don't like. -- Bindi Irwin
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test. -- Lou Holtz
We all have to stand by our life's work as the true test of what we have done for the world. -- Matthew Lesko
The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. -- Margaret Chase Smith
The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased. -- Samuel Richardson
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. -- Lisa See
The true test of whether Mr. Obama has improved on the Bush era lies in how his administration justifies its decisions on the 241 remaining Guantanamo detainees, whose cases will now be evaluated internally and reviewed by the courts. -- Noah Feldman
The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril. -- Xenophon
Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place. -- Karen Armstrong
I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test. -- Ryan Tedder
The true test of a man's style is the haircut. There are some men who look good no matter how their hair is styled, whether it's trendy or not. A man can change his haircut many times, but to pull off any haircut, you have to be very chic. Like Brad Pitt. -- Carine Roitfeld
People are roasting each other at parties, at work events, around the fire. It's so fun. People are busting each other's chops, and it's a sign of affection, truly. It's a true test of love and friendship: can you make a man laugh at himself? So what makes a good burn? Go after targets you love and respect. And hit 'em hard. -- Jeff Ross
Drawing is the true test of art. -- Horace
Failure is the true test of greatness -- Herman Melville
The test of true competence is the end result. -- L. Ron Hubbard
The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it. -- C. S. Lewis
A difficult crowd will always test your true ability. -- Boy George
It's through the test, that we find our true strength. -- Chris Burkmenn
To be true to oneself is the hardest test of life. -- Sri Chinmoy
Being unemployed is the true test of who you really are: -- Ernie J Zelinski
Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true. -- Gautama Buddha
The true test of our worldview is what we find entertaining. -- Albert Mohler
Intentions are invisible but they are the true test of character. -- Alfred Armand Montapert
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. -- Samuel Johnson
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilisation -- Samuel Johnson
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization -- Samuel Johnson
A garden in winter is the absolute test of the true gardener. -- Rosemary Verey
For the true student, everything that happens in daily life is a test. -- Karlfried Graf Durckheim
The only true test of friendship is the time your friend spends on you. -- John Marsden
The true test of humility is whether you can say grace before eating crow. -- Robert Orben
Many criminals believe what they say is true; they could pass a lie detector test. -- Michael Moore
Love and charity for the whole human race, that is the test of true religiousness. -- Swami Vivekananda
The only true test of loyalty is fidelity in the face of ruin and despair. -- Eric Felten
It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena. -- William Whewell
The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching. -- John Wooden
Man brings all things to the test of himself, and this is notably true of lightning. -- Aldo Leopold
The true test of one's mettle is how many times you will try before you give up. -- Stephen Richards
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The true test of faith is how we treat those who can do nothing for us in return. -- Dillon Burroughs
We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. -- Georges Duhamel
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The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith. -- Brennan Manning
The true test of character is to live win-win even when promoted to positions where win-lose is possible. -- Orrin Woodward
The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better. -- Helen Keller
Knowledge and devotion, to be true, have to stand the test of renunciation of the fruits of action. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test"¦consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. -- Milan Kundera
The true test of anyone's worth as a living creature is how much he can utilize what he has. -- Anton Szandor LaVey
The true test of a person's character is how they treat the people in life that they don't need. -- Lee Corso
The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise. -- Starhawk
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test. -- Lou Holtz
Whenever a true theory appears, it will be its own evidence. Its test is, that it will explain all phenomena. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Enduring setbacks while maintaining the ability to show others the way to go forward is a true test of leadership. -- Nitin Nohria
True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The true test of a brilliant theory [is] what first is thought to be wrong is later shown to be obvious. -- Assar Lindbeck
..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately....Prayer frees us to be controlled by God. -- Richard J. Foster
The first - the most obvious test of a true social entrepreneur - is are they possessed, really possessed by an idea. -- Bill Drayton
The true test of relationships is not only how loyal someone is when we fail, but how thrilled they are when we succeed. -- John C. Maxwell
A single test which proves some piece of theory wrong is more valuable than a hundred tests showing that idea might be true. -- Arthur C. Clarke
The true test of any scholar's work is not what his contemporaries say, but what happens to his work in the next 25 or 50 years. -- Milton Friedman
A true test of friendship, to sit or walk with a friend for an hour in perfect silence , without wearying of one another's company. -- Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
Women are gifts, open them with care, judge them with leniecy, test and weigh their depths, then accept those with true worth and value. -- Michael Bassey Johnson
What is true for book publishing is true for civilization: the books that survive the test of time are humanity's backlist, our collective memory. -- Jason Epstein
I think Nevada is going to really be the first true test of whether or not these candidates have particular strengths in particular demographics. -- Lucy Flores
The true test of maturity is not how old a person is but how he reacts to awakening in the mid-town area in his shorts. -- Woody Allen
What is the true test of character unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and reaction of daily life. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Although spiritual growth puts our wills to the test, after the battle has been won, we recognize that the Lord is the true victor in the struggle. -- Max Anders
The true test of a man's spirituality is not his ability to speak, as we are apt to think, but rather his ability to bridle his tongue. -- R. Kent Hughes
The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only true test of values, either of men or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a better place in which to live. -- Henry Ford
There are many things given to us in this life for the wrong reasons. What we do with such blessings, that is the true test of a man. -- Gannicus
Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times. -- Jack Gantos
I realise I'm still a child, though I do feel older. I recently did an on-line test called 'What's Your True Age?' My result was 50-60 years old. -- Adora Svitak
Life brings sorrows and joys alike. It is what a man does with them - not what they do to him - that is the true test of his mettle. -- Theodore Roosevelt
The test of character is not persistence when you expect a light at the end of the tunnel. The true test is performance and persistence when you see no light coming. -- James Arthur Ray
It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Failure is the true test of greatness. -- Herman Melville
Zaveck is a tough guy. He has never been knocked down and I love putting people to sleep. Knowing that he has never been knocked down is a true test for me -- Keith Thurman
Jnana teaches that the world should be given up, but not on that account to be abandoned. To be in the world but not of it-is the true test of the sannyasin. -- Swami Vivekananda
As our world becomes smaller, through a growing common culture, the true test of community will be our tolerance for our most profound differences and love for the most challenging among us. -- Wayne Teasdale
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The true test of courage is to be afraid and to go ahead and do it anyway - to be scared, is to have your knees knocking, but to walk on in there anyway. -- Oprah Winfrey
The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles - preferably of his own making - in order to triumph. -- Garth Stein
Where a great proportion of the people are suffered to languish in helpless misery, that country must be ill policed, and wretchedly governed a decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization -- Samuel Johnson

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