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.
James Freeman Clarke

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

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

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

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.
Thomas S. Monson

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

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

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.
Tom Hicks

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

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

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.
Thomas Aquinas

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.
Elie Wiesel

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

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
Alan Perlis

Strong convictions precede great actions.
James Freeman Clarke

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

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.
Ludwig Quidde

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

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