#examination

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. – Bill W. ↗

— Bill W.

#habit #honesty #patience #perseverance #self-examination

There's so much of, it could have been a very critical examination of what happened, and really the emotional lives of the people involved sort of carry the characters forward. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#carry #characters #could #critical #emotional

I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#enough #examination #exams #finding #follow

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#becoming #bottom #bottom line #break #day

Nor do I think that any other nation than this of Wales, nor any other language, whatever may hereafter come to pass, shall on the day of severe examination before the Supreme Judge, answer for this corner of the earth. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#any #before #come #corner #day

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#civil #civil service #examination #federal #federal government

The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print. ↗

— Daniel Starch

#critical #definition #examination #in print #meet

The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#critical #demanded #different #embarking #examination

...there is still a need for those of us nestled deep within the Christian bubble to look beyond the status quo and critically assess the degree to which we are really living biblically. ↗

— Francis Chan

#christian #christianity #counter-cultural #discipleship #normal

Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle. ↗

— Balthus

#consciousness #criticism #experience #feel #great