Quotes with precedes

  • Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

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  • Wilferd Arlan Peterson Big thinking precedes great achievement.
    Wilferd Arlan Peterson
    American author (1900 - 1995)
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  • David Wolf Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.
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  • Thomas Alva Edison One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this is not so... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.
    Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
    French statesman (1754 - 1838)
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  • Jean Baptiste Racine Small crimes always precedes great ones.
    Jean Baptiste Racine
    French playwright (1639 - 1699)
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  • Woodrow Wilson The history of liberty is the history of the limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. When we resist the concentration of power we are resisting the powers of death. Concentration of power precedes the destruction of human liberties.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Doug Horton Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.
    Doug Horton
    American Protestant clergyman
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  • Thomas Alva Edison I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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