Grueling Test Quotes & Sayings

I've become more comfortable as time has gone on with saying goodbye because ... I've been having so many conversations about the cyclical nature of life. It just keeps going. — Brie Larson

The Ironman World Championship is the hardest race I've competed in. Not only do the elements (heat, wind, humidity) make it grueling, but the quality of the field makes it a true test. — Timothy O'Donnell

Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice? — Kurt Cobain

I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do. — Jim Fowler

Her mouth was soft and moist, and she came to me like a dachshund jumping into your lap. — Charles Williams

Many people must live and die alone, even in Winesburg. — Sherwood Anderson

I open the orangutan's door and set a pan of fruits, vegetables, and nuts on the floor. As I close it, her long arm reaches through the bars. She points at an orange in another pan.
'That? You want that?'
She continues to point, blinking at me with close-set eyes. Her features are concave, her face a wide platter fringed with red hair. She's the most outrageous and beautiful thing I've ever seen.
'Here,' I say, handing her the orange. 'You can have it.'
She takes it and sets it on the floor. Then she reaches out again. After several seconds of serious misgivings, I hold out my hand. She wraps her long fingers around it, then lets go. She sits on her haunches and peels her orange.
I stare in amazement. She was thanking me. — Sara Gruen

In Grimm's fairy tales, you kiss a frog and in two seconds, it becomes a prince. That is a fairy tale. In evolution, you kiss a frog and in two million years, it becomes a prince. — D. James Kennedy

I think Mrs. Leidner seems happier already from just talking about it. That's always a help, you know. It's bottling things up that makes them get on your nerves. — Agatha Christie

Trust me, I don't want to be doing this either. But bitching about it isn't going to make it any easier. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

I'm a moon junky. Every time I look at the moon I feel less alone and less afraid. I tell my boys that moonlight is a magic blanket and the stars above are campfires set by friendly aliens. — Amy Poehler

I have met free man in the strangest of places and at ALL ages. — Charles Bukowski

Belief begins where science leaves off and ends where science begins. — Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow

Changing how you think costs you no money and it takes no special talent. It does take a commitment on your part to be different. — Michael Arndt

Pennant races drain the energy from the best of them. Old-fashioned baseball races are to me the most grueling daily test in any sport. Gotta keep coming out, every day, in the face of looming disaster. — George Vecsey

Spiritual leadership is knowing where God wants people to be and taking the initiative to get them there by God's means in reliance on God's power. — John Piper