#true test

The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril. ↗

— Xenophon

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We all have to stand by our life's work as the true test of what we have done for the world. ↗

— Matthew Lesko

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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

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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#discover #fine #fine thing #others #test

The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#anything #considerable #deceased #dies #first

People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other. ↗

— Lisa See

#back up #come #each #friendship #last

Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

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