Quotes About Transition

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.

I never had a proper modeling career. It was not something I succeeded in. Once I started acting, that's when the fashion world kind of embraced me.

A lot of young-adult authors, great ones, have tried their hands at literary fiction, and not a lot of them have succeeded. Not even Roald Dahl could switch-hit, and not for lack of trying.

I was always focussed on the modelling and succeeding in that, but now I'm completely focused on making it over in India in the movies.

Each succeeding civilization forgets its predecessor. Civilizations are ghouls.

The worst way to fire somebody is to let it drag out. It's not good for that person because they're not succeeding in their role. And it's not good for the organization because it's just not working.

After Fifth Harmony succeeds to the fullest of its capacity, one day we can go off and do our individual things.

Not all change and disruption succeeds, to be sure.

For me, success is being happy. I used to think it was lots of houses, lots of record sales, lots of stories to tell. But some massive life changes, getting a divorce and my dad dying, led to a huge period of reflection.

The only countries that have successfully moved from fossil fuels to low-carbon power have done so with the help of nuclear energy.

Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe.

I often have the impression that the book I've just finished isn't satisfied: that it rejects me because I haven't successfully completed it. Because there is no going back, I'm forced to begin a new book so I can finally complete the previous one.

I definitely look up to Troye Sivan and Shawn Mendes as people that have successfully made the jump into the music world. I think it's incredible that they have been able to do that because it's not easy.

Sometimes in your career, you are at the right place at the right moment. But you have to be aware that eventually you may no longer be the right person for that position. So build your succession and foster for it while you are still at the peak of you career.

Abby Johnson has agreed to become Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity, reflecting a further step forward in our leadership succession plan. Abby will retain her role of President, and I will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.

Everyone's lives are sort of a succession, almost like handing the baton of your life off from one person to the next to the next to the next. And hopefully, that goes on for a long time, and the changes are healthy and interesting and not, like, spiraling into darkness.

I think we're ready for succession. We just must try to do it right.

I think I'm one of those people that kind of thinks everybody's got an identity, and maybe that's the core of their personality. But I think we change enough over the years that it's like a succession of different people.

I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy.

I think nobody should rash things and try to find the successor of Kobe Bryant.

I feel too young in 2018 to take over the Berlin Philharmonic as the successor to Simon Rattle.

Who my successor is will be up to the board, not me.

The Lord specifically told me that He has appointed and anointed Daniel Kolenda as my successor.

Hey, nothing grows to the sky. There will be a successor movement. Right now it's nascent.