If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. Napoleon Bonaparte
If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue. Samuel Butler
Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary. Sarah Ban Breathnach
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
Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory. Virginia Woolf
