Quotes About Succession

Arrakis has it's own way determining who wears the mantle of authority,' Kynes said.

Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest.

I would have definitely loved to have continued with the French national team. Having said that, perhaps when I left, it opened the doors of the national side for young talented players.

The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.

The problem with couture is not designers; it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.

In the absence of the principle of hereditary rule

The new Great King was Artaxerxes II. But his claim was contested by his brother Cyrus

Instantly Mehmet had clarified the practice of Ottoman succession, which he was later to codify as a law of fratricide: "whichever of my sons inherits the sultan's throne, it behooves him to kill his brother in the interest of the world order.

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever.

César ou João Fernandes, tudo é viver, assegurar a dinastia e sair do mundo o mais tarde que puder

Without triers they would never be any successors

Nothing can be done about it: every master has but a single pupil--and he will not stay loyal to him--for he is also destined to become a master.

Art teachers are always the doormats of the previous generation.

Then I said to myself, "Well, I'm getting pretty old, and we could probably work together. I'll let him be chairman and CEO, and I'll just enjoy myself, step back a little, and, of course, continue to visit stores." So I became chairman of the Executive Committee. Ron became chairman and CEO of the company. Ferold became president.

Some families sell their stock off a little at a time to live high, and then—boom—somebody takes them over, and it all goes down the drain. One of the real reasons I'm writing this book is so my grandchildren and great-grandchildren will read it years from now and know this: If you start any of that foolishness, I'll come back and haunt you. So don't even think about it.

Some families sell their stock off a little at a time to live high, and then—boom—somebody takes them over, and it all goes down the drain. One of the real reasons I'm writing this book is so my grandchildren and great-grandchildren will read it years from now and know this: If you start any of that foolishness, I'll come back and haunt you. So don't even think about

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

how the ruins of a Saxon settlement might provide the foundations for a Roman garrison, that garrison give way to a Norman fortress, the fortress to a medieval town

Christmas succeeds Christmas rather than the days it follows.

The people have a right supremeTo make their kings, for Kings are made for them.All Empire is no more than Pow'r in Trust,Which when resum'd, can be no longer just.Successionm for the general good design'd,In its own wrong a Nation cannot bind.

Life is really just a bunch of nows, one after the other.

There was no more dangerous a time in a nation's life than the passing of a ruler when the succession was in doubt.

To death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another.

Victory by force is occupation; victory with love is factual succession.