Precede Quotes

Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.

If you take the approach that you want to scrape every last nickel off the table, that'll work one or two times, but after awhile, your reputation will precede you.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace.

Party action should follow, not precede the creation of a dominant popular sentiment.

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, each act of service perfomed all precede that goal of eternal life.

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.

Strong convictions precede great actions.

Logic can often be reversed, but the effect does not precede the cause.

Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.

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 hatred is caused by love.

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.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.