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The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges. -- Walter Annenberg
The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good. -- George Orwell
Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. -- Charles Alexander Eastman
Intentions are invisible but they are the true test of character. -- Alfred Armand Montapert
sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character... -annabelle granger -- Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Missionary service is not only a test of faith but a real test of character. -- ElRay L. Christiansen
There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz. -- Andy Stanley
Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble. -- John Lubbock
Conduct is the grand test of character. Words are one great evidence of the condition of the heart. -- J. C. Ryle
I am thorough believer in the American test of character. He will not build high who does not build for himself. -- Benjamin Harrison
our right or wrong use of money is the utmost test of character, as well as the root of happiness or misery, throughout our whole lives. -- Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
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
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
Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins. -- Charles Alexander Eastman
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
Fame is also a test of character at times... Sometimes I pass the test; sometimes I'm a pain in the ass. Sometimes I'm like, Oh, God! I just want to buy some tampons! -- Meg Ryan
The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along. -- Sydney J. Harris
The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present. -- Abraham Joshua Heschel
Power is a test - the test - of character. -- Evalyn Walsh McLean
The two great tests of character are wealth and poverty. -- Charles A. Beard
As with the acquisition, so with the use of money; they way in which a man spends it is often one of the surest tests of character. -- William Mathews
The true test of character is to live win-win even when promoted to positions where win-lose is possible. -- Orrin Woodward
I've always regarded it as a test of character to dislike the Kennedys. I don't really respect anyone who falls for Camelot. -- Christopher Hitchens
Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins. -- Charles Alexander Eastman
There is no better test of character than when you're tossed into crisis. That's when we see one's true colors shine through. So I try my best to make my characters personally involved in the plot, in a way that stresses them and tests them. -- Tess Gerritsen
The test of your character is what it takes to stop you. -- Bob Jones, Sr.
Competing at the highest level is the greatest test of one's character. -- Russell Mark
No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness . -- Harry Emerson Fosdick
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
A lot of actors are frustrated because they want to do things that are different and test themselves. Character actors are always looking for something the opposite of what they did. -- Jason Statham
I was molded, spent my time underneath a lot of goo. And then the bits and pieces were sculpted. It took probably 10 days to create each character after all those camera tests. -- Brendan Fraser
There's no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That's clearly going to show what kind of a character you're telling a story about. -- Steven Spielberg
Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level. -- Terry Brooks
I think that 'City of Heavenly Fire' is definitely a book where all the characters are tested to their limits, and they have to make really significant choices about who they are and who they wanna be. -- Cassandra Clare
My aim is to play Test matches. For me, there is a different feel of Test cricket as it tests your character. You come to know about your mental toughness, and most importantly, there is another level of satisfaction as a player. -- Suresh Raina
The cognitive skills prized by the American educational establishment and measured by achievement tests are only part of what is required for success in life. Character skills are equally important determinants of wages, education, health and many other significant aspects of flourishing lives. -- James Heckman
I love making stuff. There's a joy in having the first molecule of an idea, then testing it in front of audiences at secret shows that people only know about the day before. I videotape those, study them, enjoy being in the character and figuring out the movie. -- Mike Myers
I think shrinks are interesting to write about because you get to see what the character chooses to reveal, and what behaviors or stances the character tries out on the shrink that might not be part of the character's make-up outside of that room. It's an emotional test-kitchen. -- Jill Davis
Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way, but I'm still being good to people; I'm still attending church; I still have a good attitude.' -- Joel Osteen
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
The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue. -- Oswald Chambers
The real test of our character is when the bottom falls out. -- lecrae
The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing. -- Mahatma Gandhi
The test of real character is what a man does when he is tired. -- Winston Churchill
Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test. -- Rick Warren
The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching. -- John Wooden
Of course, no religious test for the presidency - every faith adds to our national character. -- Benjamin Carson
The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world. -- Henry Ward Beecher
To test a man's character, give him power. Once people have power they will always reveal themselves. -- Zelda la Grange
The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character. -- John K. Fairbank
The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better. -- Helen Keller
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. -- Abraham Lincoln
The true test of a person's character is how they treat the people in life that they don't need. -- Lee Corso
There is no such test of a man's superiority of character as in the well-conducting of an unavoidable quarrel. -- Henry Taylor
Maturity in the Christian life is measured by only one test: how much closer to his character have we become? -- Elyse Fitzpatrick
True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Every test successfully met is rewarded by some growth in intuitive knowledge, strengthening of character, or initiation into a higher consciousness. -- Paul Brunton
Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves. -- Rita Mae Brown
Fate is a funny character. She puts obstacles in your path to see what character ye have. Life isn't fair,life is a test. -- Melissa Francis
If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God. -- Watchman Nee
The ultimate test of a nation's character is not how it responds to adversity in war but how it meets the challenge of peace. -- Richard M. Nixon
There is no stronger test of a person's character than power and authority, exciting as they do every passion, and discovering every latent vice. -- Plutarch
For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character. -- Cressida Cowell
Keep doing the right. God is building character in you, and you are passing that test. Remember, the greater the struggle, the greater the reward. -- Joel Osteen
The test of our religion is whether it fits us to meet emergencies. A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis. -- Ralph Washington Sockman
Fatal illness has always been viewed as a test of moral character, but in the nineteenth century there is a great reluctance to let anybody flunk the test. -- Susan Sontag

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