Best Precedes Sayings
136 Precedes quotes by 114 unique authors
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In the beginning, we create the enemy. Before the weapon comes the image. We think others to death and then invent the battle-axe or ballistic…
— Sam Keen
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The work of the inventor consists of conceptualizing, combining, and ordering what is possible according to the laws of nature. This inner working out which…
— Friedrich Dessauer
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Bragging often precedes begging.
— B. C. Forbes
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The number and richness of man's signifiers always surpasses the set of defined objects that could be termed signifieds. The symbolic function must always precede…
— Maurice Merleau-Ponty
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Some people want everything to be perfect before they're willing to commit... But commitment always precedes achievement.
— John C. Maxwell
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Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.
— Douglas Horton
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The development of the child during the first three years after birth is unequaled in intensity and importance by any period that precedes or follows…
— Maria Montessori
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Clarity precedes mastery. Craft clear and precise plans/goals/deliverables. And then block out all else.
— Robin Sharma
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One can take eternity and time to be predicates of God since, being the Ancient of Days, He is the cause of all time and…
— Pope Dionysius
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It's true, spectacular preparation always precedes spectacular performance.
— Zig Ziglar
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Understanding precedes peace.
— Vanna Bonta
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Although goal setting can clearly be overdone, only a few people are overly involved with goals and goal setting; most people do far too little…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage.
— Christopher Hitchens
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Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for…
— William Gilmore Simms
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November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts to cool, and the festive glow…
— F. Sionil José
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In missionary work, as in all else, preparation precedes power. Encouragement to prepare while still very young can make a tremendous difference.
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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I sailed on the North River last night with my flute, and my music was a tinkling stream which meandered with the river, and fell…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
— Wendell Phillips
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It is only after that we understand what has come before, then we understand nothing. Thus we shall define the soul as follows: that which…
— R. Scott Bakker
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Death is the chillness that precedes the dawn; We shudder for a moment, then awake In the broad sunshine of the other life.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Faith is certitude without proofs ... Faith is a sentiment, for it is a hope; it is an instinct, for it precedes all outward instruction.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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We are in love with the word. We are proud of it. The word precedes the formation of the state. The word comes to us…
— Norman Mailer
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Small crimes always precedes great ones.
— Jean Racine
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Revival precedes evangelism. The church must first repent. This is the blind spot in our eye today.
— Vance Havner
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Proof that a given condition always precedes or accompanies a phenomenon does not warrant concluding with certainty that a given condition is the immediate cause…
— Claude Bernard
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