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For why, my brothers and sisters, would you rejoice in silver? Either your silver will perish, or you will, and no one knows which will… — Saint Augustine
To-day the whole Christian world prostrates itself in adoration around the crib of Bethlehem and rehearses in accents of love a history which precedes all… — James Gibbons
In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it — Epictetus
Attitude precedes service. Your positive mental attitude is the basis for the way you act and react to people. 'You become what you think about'… — Jeffrey Gitomer
Clarity precedes success. — Robin Sharma
Above the titles of wife and mother, which, although dear, are transitory and accidental, there is the title human being, which precedes and out-ranks every… — Mary Livermore
Involution always precedes evolution. — James Arthur Ray
As a work progresses, its power to elicit and dictate response mounts. There seems to be an optimum moment when this power is at its… — Richard Diebenkorn
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. — Thomas A. Edison
One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find… — Thomas A. Edison
Life is a predicament which precedes death. — Henry James
Sex is like washing your face - just something you do because you have to. Sex without love is absolutely ridiculous. Sex follows love, it… — Sophia Loren
Existence precedes and rules essence. — Jean-Paul Sartre
The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
I've paid the price; I definitely have a reputation that precedes me, and there is a camp that plots my demise. But then again... it's… — Rufus Wainwright
The important thing is that man is lost in time, in the moment that immediately precedes him - which only attests, by reflection, to the… — Andre Breton
Reality prior to my language exists as an unthinkable thought. . . . life precedes love, bodily matter precedes the body, and one day in… — Clarice Lispector
I take it you know my companion?" Oh,yes!" said Savage, his smile disappearing. "We know all about Ruby Journey. Please don't let her kill anyone… — Simon R. Green
Physically it's kind of lassitude, the apathy and tiredness that precedes the flu or some other illness, or death. My legs ache and feel heavy,… — Antonio Lobo Antunes
Faith precedes the miracle. It has ever been so and shall ever be. It was not raining when Noah was commanded to build an ark.… — Thomas S. Monson
Being established in my life, buttressed by my thinking nature, fastened down in this transcendental field which was opened for me by my first perception,… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human.… — Aristotle
Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it. — Christopher Hitchens
Great achievement goes through, not around, discouragement. Is there a roadblock in my way, keeping me from something I want to achieve? Am I discouraged?… — Jerry Spinelli
The thoughts of all men arise from the darkness. If you are the movement of your soul, and the cause of that movement precedes you,… — R. Scott Bakker

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