Precede Quotes

80 quotes by 73 authors

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. — Napoleon Bonaparte
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. — Louisa May Alcott
If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue. — Samuel Butler
The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory. — Giacomo Casanova
Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every… — Thomas Aquinas
Anyone who thinks we can continue to have world wars but make them nice polite affairs by outlawing this weapon or that should meditate upon… — Joel Henry Hildebrand
The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.Â” — Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom
He who believes is strong. Strong convictions precede great actions. — James Freeman Clarke
As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the Method of Composition.… — Isaac Newton
Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory. — William Wordsworth
If the term education may be understood in so large a sense as to include all that belongs to the improvement of the mind, either… — Michael Faraday
Entering the waters of baptism is something we do. The be that must precede it is faith in Jesus Christ and a mighty change of… — Lynn G. Robbins
No person will deny that the highest degree of attainable accuracy is an object to be desired, and it is generally found that the last… — Charles Babbage
Private victories precede public victories. — Stephen Covey
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it. — Stephen Covey
As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will… — Oscar Wilde
The determination of the average man is not merely a matter of speculative curiosity; it may be of the most important service to the science… — Adolphe Quetelet
I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous… — Mark Twain
Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations. Plot is… — Ray Bradbury
Always remember that striving and struggle precede success even in the dictionary. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

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