tests Quotes

“Thomas shook his head. ‘No, you don’t get it. They’re weeding us out, seeing if we’ll give up, finding the best of us. Throwing variables at us, trying to make us quit. Testing our ability to hope and fight. Sending Teresa here and shutting everything down was only the last part, one more…final analysis. Now it’s time for the last test. To escape’”

“All thy vexations Were by my trials of thy love, and thou Hast strangely stood the test. Here, afore heaven, I ratify this my rich gift. ”

“You don’t have to test everything to destruction just to see if you made it right.”

“I cannot believe that the most delicious things were placed here merely to test us, to tempt us, to make it the more difficult for us to capture the grand prize.”

“But I’ve come to realize that failure is a process. If you flunk a test, it doesn’t mean you failed a one-time event. The F shows that you neglected the process leading up to the test.”

“Adventure requires something of us, puts us to the test. Though we may fear the test, at the same time we yearn to be tested, to discover that we have what it takes.”

“Knowing that Mr. Yates was infamous for giving impossible tests had made me want to redefine possible.”

″...the guy knows people expect him to underperform, which triggers severe test anxiety that causes him to underperform.”

“And when that guy finds out what you like you can bet it won’t be on your diet.”

“There were so many rules that you couldn’t do anything without being told off, and there seemed to be tests and exams every week.”

“If your daughter is as clever as you say, bring her to my palace to-morrow, and I’ll put her to the test.”

“Silas could feel his homeland testing him, drawing violent memories from his redeemed soul. You have been reborn, he reminded himself. His service to God today had required the sin of murder, and it was a sacrifice Silas knew he would have to hold silently in his heart for all eternity.”