(193 quotes found)
“Big thinking precedes great achievement.”
Wilfred Peterson
“Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.”
Wendell Phillips
“It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.”
Tacitus
“The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.”
Nathaniel Parker Willis
“The leader should abstain from evil tendencies because they would be showing bad precedence to their followers-which is more harmful. ”
Yajur Veda
“Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand”
George Washington
“Precedents once established are so much positive power”
James Madison
“Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.”
Rita Mae Brown
“Private victories precede public victories.”
Stephen R. Covey
“In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it”
Epictetus