"The true test of faith is how we treat those who can do nothing for us in return."
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"Americanism is a question of spirit, of conviction and purpose, not creed or birthplaces. The test of our worth is the service we render."
"I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value."
"So much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work that matters and stands the test of time."
"As soon as we associate reading with a test, we've missed the point."
"The test is always how we treat the poor."
"To be true to oneself is the hardest test of life."
"This notion that I was somehow special and deserving of a more involved education was wrong.I was smart at taking tests, but I knew how smart some of my friends were; they were just smart in different ways."
"The cinema is going to form the mind of England. The national conscience, the national ideals and tests of conduct, will be those of the film."
"August in sub-Saharan Los Angeles is one of the great and awful tests of one's endurance, sanity and stamina."
"The test of the moral quality of a civilization is its treatment of the weak and powerless."
"You've got to make sure that you don't overstep your boundaries with teachers, especially when it's report card day or when you're about to take a test."
"Mankind's real moral test, a test so radical and so deep that it escapes our gaze, is probably the one of its relations with those that are the most at its mercy; the Animals."
"To be creative, first I need to be really organized. If my apartment's messy I need to clean it. It's like before you start doing your homework or studying for a test, you have to have a clean room."
"See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that."
"The hallucination of being a separate ego will not stand up to biological tests."
"I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test."
"Fail at love, and the other tests don't matter."
"To test whether you have learned an idea or a definition, rephrase what you just learned without using the new word."
"It [live performance] is just very difficult. Doing an hour, hour and a half of live standup is an endurance test. You almost have to do it every day to stay up on it."