Predecessor Quotes

You always stand on the shoulders of your predecessor.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

— Baltasar Gracian

“Our ancestors have invented, we can at least innovate.”

— Amit Kalantri

it is easy to surpass a predecessor, but difficult to avoid being surpassed by a successor.

— Eiji Yoshikawa

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

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

I shall tread in the footsteps of my illustrious predecessor.

— Martin Van Buren

Each succeeding civilization forgets its predecessor. Civilizations are ghouls.

— Gutzon Borglum

Trump's direct predecessor, Barack Obama, never attacked his own generals or officials on Twitter, and never referred to war criminals as heroes.

— Neil Macdonald

It is true that my predecessor did not object, as I do, to pictures of one's golf skill in action. But neither,…

— John F. Kennedy