Jean Moulin Quotes

What I'm interested in doing after I get out of the presidency is to make sure that I'm working with that next generation so that they understand you can't just rely on inspiration.

Those having torches will pass them on to others.

Why do I need succession planning? I'm very alert, I'm very vibrant. I have no intention to retire.

We all leave unfinished work; we cannot complete it; those who come after us take it up and conform it to their will

I don't believe in the coach-in-waiting thing. I don't think that works.

At one point, the old school club retires and you're next up to bat, but if you stop before your time, you will see someone else live your dream.

Maybe that was the definition of life everlasting: the belief that the next generation would carry your work forward.

Success is not success without a successor.

If someone were to ask me, 'What's the number one thing, in essence, that you left behind?'... it was the teaching of others, so that they could take my work and take it further.

There is no success without a successor.

The worst mistake a leader can make is to mentor no one, choose no successor and leave no legacy.

I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else. There’s an entire generation of leaders you saw stand behind me. They are the future of this country.

I want to be the bridge to the next generation.

I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.

Transferring successfully to the next generation means producing work that's as good as or better than the work of the first generation that founded the agency.

I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it's a case of giving the jersey maximum respect.

I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.

I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation.

I do not innovate. I transmit.

One test of leaders is how they make sure that their ideas and programs will live on after they’re gone.

Few strong leaders are enthusiastic about their successors.

No one man can take on the mantle of another.

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

You always stand on the shoulders of your predecessor.

You'd like to transition with continuity, have people in your own organization rise up and continue forward, whether in coaching or personnel or players.