Maria Montessori
Educator, Physician
"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child."
Tests quotes
Tests
872 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"So in every test, let us say: "Thank you, my God, because this was needed for my salvation.""
Isabel Allende
Novelist
"We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test."
Franz Liszt
Composer, Pianist
"Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless."
Mike Tyson
Professional Boxer
"Confidence applied properly is the path of genius. You must always be in a state of confidence. And the way you sustain a state of confidence is by testing yourself. Difficult quagmires that may occur; there's always a test. You have to seek them out. You constantly have to test yourself to prepare for these quagmires. That's why I always put myself to the test."
Explore further
Topics related to Tests
Browse quotes that often appear alongside tests — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Tests quotes (page 1 of 44)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe."
Read quote
71 likes
"Certitude is not the test of certainty."
Read quote
69 likes
"The surest test of discipline is its absence."
Read quote
66 likes
"The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better."
Read quote
64 likes
"How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?"
Read quote
63 likes
"The real test of being in the presence of God is, that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object."
Read quote
60 likes
"The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy."
Read quote
59 likes
"Objectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness; rather, objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences and then subjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny - and also in a willingness to revise or abandon your theories when the tests fail (as they usually do)."
Read quote
54 likes
"Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit."
Read quote
52 likes
"We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we can find nowhere in his works, that "ridicule is the test of truth.""
Read quote
51 likes
"I am thorough believer in the American test of character. He will not build high who does not build for himself."
Read quote
49 likes
"The test of true competence is the end result."
Read quote
48 likes
"There is no better test of a man's integrity than his behavior when he is wrong."
Read quote
48 likes
"The worst pain ... isn't the pain you feel at the time, it's the pain you feel later on when there's nothing you can do about it, They say that time heals all wounds, But we never live long enough to test that theory."
Read quote
47 likes
"Are there a lot of designers that matter? The industry hasn’t got a litmus test any more. The whole thing has imploded. Watch it die, like the banking industry"
Read quote
45 likes
"THE BIGGEST TEST FOR PARENTS IS NOT HOW THEY PARENT, BUT HOW THEY RESPOND TO DISORDER AND UNPREDICTABILITY"
Read quote
44 likes
"Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?"
Read quote
39 likes
"It may be difficult to understand why a test comes our way, but we must never forget that the test is accomplishing refining and purification."
Read quote
38 likes
"Eureka! [I have found it!] On discovery of a method to test the purity of gold."
Read quote
38 likes
"The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends."
Read quote
30 likes