Thomas Jefferson Quotes

It's very difficult to fill the shoes of somebody like Rahul Bhai. He has set the bench mark for a generation to come. However, it's our responsibility to carry forward his legacy.

When I die there is nobody to take my place.

No one man can take on the mantle of another.

Success is not success without a successor.

I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.

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

After some time, there will be another Pankaj Tripathi.

You always stand on the shoulders of your predecessor.

The guide, the guru, the leader, the teacher, has passed away; the boy, the student, the servant, is left behind.

There is no success without a successor.

The name of a successor is like the tolling of my own death-bell!

After our death, and from that time forward, the crown and kingdom of France, with all their rights and appurtenances, shall be vested permanently in our son [son-in-law], King Henry [of England], and his heirs.

The mantle of the pioneers has fallen on our shoulders.

In an Inaguaral Address, it’s important not to kick the predecessor.

To reverse and undo what has been done by a predecessor, is very often considered by a successor as the best proof he can give of his own capacity.

We are all the beneficiaries of those who have gone before us.

It embodied what came before. Illuminated what came after.

Kings and queens are expected to have offspring to carry on the name. There are no such demands on American presidents, but there is an expectation. There is a hope.

When you think of Missy, you can't say, 'Missy reminded me of someone else.' There was no Missy comparison before.

Since the shock of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's death, I have been reflecting on what made him so special. To my mind, it is simply this: Kofi Annan was both one of a kind and one of us.

Nobody is like Tanuja Trivedi in this whole world.

There will only ever be one Prince.

The leadership group I had to follow is very easy to walk in their footsteps and try to be like them. You try and set that same example for the guys coming up.

I know I will leave my work unfinished. I just hope I planted enough seeds in my children and grandchildren that they will continue.

There were bigger and better players before me and there will be bigger and better after.