Quotes About Succession

They sat there in ascending order of age and stupidity.

An old man should not resent those who are sent to take his place, and to recall when I was young and healthy and virile is an act of masochism that serves no purpose.

For first must give place to last, because last must have its time to come; but last gives place to nothing; for there is not another to succeed.

Leaders Who Attract Followers . . . Need to Be Needed Leaders Who Develop Leaders . . . Want to Be Succeeded

A leader is great, not because of his or her power, but because of his or her ability to empower others. Success without a successor is failure. A worker's main responsibility is developing others to do the work.

Choose who will carry on your legacy. I don't know what you want to accomplish in life, but I can tell you this: a legacy lives on in people, not things. Too often leaders put their energy into organizations, buildings, systems, or other lifeless objects. But only people live on after we are gone. Everything else is temporary.

If you run well but are unable to pass the baton to another runner, you lose the race.

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My father came from old money. There was less of an expectation for the children to earn a living.

We are well-positioned to continue my father's legacy and move these businesses forward in the future.

Any father likes his son to take over from him if possible.

When a big player leaves, a big player leaves. You're at a big club like Liverpool, another big player will come in the future.

This is the custom among men who have failed to be heroes; their sons must prove that the seed was not impoverished

I'm only doing this because I started it and now I have to finish it," he adds. "The next trilogy will be all someone else's vision.

Excellence and achievement have a structure that can be copied. By modeling successful people, we can learn from the experience of those who have already succeeded.

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Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.

in exchange for which she would be recognized as Elizabeth's heir apparent.

Mary's claim to the English throne as the great-granddaughter of Henry VII

He was therefore heir to a triple monarchy.

Cecil believed that Parliament had the right to settle the succession to the throne on religious grounds

meaning that Mary's dynastic claim had at all costs to be discounted.

it began to sink in that whoever married her was likely to become king and could make or break their careers.

when the celebrations were ended, Darnley would be made king of Scotland