Barack Obama Quotes

I want to inspire the next generation. I want to be in mission control with someone younger than me wanting to break my record.

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

We want our legacy to stand upon the youth. We want to give knowledge to the younger generation and be a part of changing the game.

Success is not success without a successor.

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 am determined to hold on as long as possible, but if I should disappear, I should not have had the time to familiarize my successors with the necessary information.

True leaders don't invest in buildings. Jesus never built a building. They invest in people. Why? Because success without a successor is failure. So your legacy should not be in buildings, programs, or projects; your legacy must be in people.

You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.

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

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

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.

There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.

I know I should not be a hindrance to SoftBank's future growth and that I need to pass on the baton to the younger generation.

I have to continue to grow and take it to another level so the next generation has something to follow.

It's like, hey, I've done what I could do, I've accomplished a lot, and now this - especially with wrestling - if this next generation wants to pass me up, great job. Good for them.

I think the leadership of a company should encourage the next generation not just to follow, but to overtake.

There is no success without a successor.

I get to be one of the torch-bearers for a new generation.

I'm getting more towards that point where I'm ready to kind of pass the torch on and see the next generation succeed behind me.

I think every entrepreneur in Canada owes the next generation a road map of how to do it again.

I want to be the bridge to the next generation.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

Good leadership is to know when to go, and you only succeed as a good leader if you've transported someone else in and the company gets stronger. Then you've succeeded as leader.

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'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.