Promotion Quotes

“No," Frank said. "I'm only a centurion."

Jason cursed in Latin. "He means he can't control a whole legion. He's not of high enough rank."

Nico swung back his black sword at another gryphon. "Well, then, promote him!”
― Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

“Frank Zhang! I, Jason Grace, praetor of the Twelfth Legion Fulminata, give you my final order: I resign my post and give you emergency field promotion to praetor, with the full powers of that rank. Take command of this legion!”
― Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

“Don't hate the media; become the media.”
― Jello Biafra, Become the Media

“I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those that reach the top are the ones who are not content with doing only what is required of them.”
― Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World

“A sincere attitude of gratitude is a beatitude for secured altitudes. Appreciate what you have been given and you will be promoted higher.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“The thing about the Lexington International Bank ladder was that it was very long, and climbing it was very exhausting, and so Andrew Brown didn't have a lot of time to think about whether he really wanted to get to the top of it—and besides, since so many other people were climbing too, the view from the top must be worth it.

So he kept going. He worked hard. He put his heart and mind and soul into it. There was an opening for a position half a rung higher than he already was. With a promotion, he might get two hours a week of a secretary's time. He'd go to more important meetings, with more senior people, and have the opportunity to impress them, and if he did he might be promoted again and then... well, of course eventually he'd be running the whole office. It's important to have a dream: otherwise you might notice where you really are.”
― Naomi Alderman, Doctor Who: Borrowed Time

“But in the military you don't get trusted positions just because of your ability. You also have to attract the notice of superior officers. You have to be liked. You have to fit in with the system. You have to look like what the officers above you think that officers should look like. You have to think in ways that they are comfortable with.

The result was that you ended up with a command structure that was top-heavy with guys who looked good in uniform and talked right and did well enough not to embarrass themselves, while the really good ones quietly did all the serious work and bailed out their superiors and got blamed for errors they had advised against until they eventually got out.

That was the military.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Shadow

“Kevyn, I'm promoting you from Tech Sergeant to Munitions Commander. I want you to take responsibility for all Company weapons.

Munitions Commander? Why me?

I don't know. Call it "suspicion of extreme competence" on my part.
-Captain Tagon & Commander Kevyn Andreyasn”
― Howard Tayler, The Tub of Happiness

“Humiliation is the only ladder to honoring God's Kingdom.”
― Andrew Murray, Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness

“Devereaux is going with our pitch.”
“Hey, that’s just great,” I said superperkily. “Wendell’s or mine?”
“Yours.”
“But you want to fire me. So fire me.”
“We can’t fire you. They loved you. The head guy, Leonard Daly, thought you were, I quote, ‘a
great kid, very courageous’ and a natural to do a whispering campaign. He said you had
believability.”
“That’s too bad.”
“Why? You’re not quitting!”
I thought about it. “Not if you don’t want me to. Do you?”
Go on, say it.
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“No.”
“No what?”
“No, we don’t want you to quit.”
“Ten grand more, two assistants, and charcoal suits. Take it or leave it.”
Ariella swallowed. “Okay to the money, okay to the assistants, but I can’t green-light charcoal
suits. Formula Twelve is Brazilian, we need carnival colors.”
“Charcoal suits or I’m gone.”
“Orange.”
“Charcoal.”
“Orange.”
“Charcoal.”
“Okay, charcoal.”
It was an interesting lesson in power. The only time you truly have it is when you genuinely
don’t care whether you have it or not.
“Right,” I said. “I’m giving myself the rest of the day off.”
― Marian Keyes, Anybody Out There?

“An overseer called him a traitor, and Rytlock killed him. That's how he became an overseer. Later, a legionnaire called him a deserter, and Rytlock killed him as well. That's how he became a legionnaire.”
― J. Robert King, Edge of Destiny

“Your health, wealth, position, performance, ability and attitude are the results of your decisions.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Dream big!: See your bigger picture!

“Illiteracy is the number one promoter of ignorance.”
― Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance

“If you're promoting anything, say something.”
― Rob Liano

“A promotion usually increases the amount of money we can spend on our loved ones, but decreases the amount of time we can spend with our loved ones.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Development accelerates in the presence of difficulties that stretch people beyond where they are today.”
― Julie Winkle Giulioni, Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive.

“There is great potential for your business to grow exponentially if you take advantage of digital advertising. With an online presence, your products will be visible to a wider audience. You’ll be able to take your product to where your target customers are.”
― Olawale Daniel

“At its core, macromanagement is a development strategy that allows you to position others to learn more, do more, and be more.”
― Julie Winkle Giulioni, Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive.

“The easiest way to get a promotion is with knowledge, i.e. if you know a thing or two about your boss.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, Yet Another New Land

“Create all your marketing content with an Eye for Excellence!”
― Hajni Blasko

“Don’t ever be afraid to promote yourself and your work. Be proud of your creations and emit that bountiful type of energy to the world. You will ultimately get it back in different forms.”
― Robin S. Baker

“What’ll be needed,” Chavez said, “is an educational campaign. We must help people to adjust to the new age and convince them there is no harmful effect or any kind of damage to themselves . . .”
“Yeah,” Mathieu muttered. “Promotion.. It’s called promotion in the West, indoctrination in the East.”
― Romain Gary, The Gasp

“Promotions are not without their drawbacks. For one thing, they cost money. That's deplorable. The cost itself, however, can become part of the promotion. There is something about the crisp, crackling sound of money being thrown away that brings the color back into the cheeks and brings back memories of those happy boyhood days down on the farm. Why, people will come from miles away just to see money being thrown away.
A hustler should always be scrupulous about having somebody else on hand to pick up the check.”
― Bill Veeck, The Hustler's Handbook

“Branding gives visibility and credibility to a business. It adds the glow and glory which unbranded businesses lack.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You

“Branding is spraying a business the perfume of professionalism.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You

“Stay branded! Stay alive!! Stay visible!!!”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You

“When a business gets branded, its value increases.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You

“The first criterion of loyalty to the organization becomes complicity. Career advancement is not based on merit. And not even necessarily based on being someone's cousin.

Above all, it's based on a willingness to play along with the fiction that career advancement is based on merit, even though everyone knows this not to be true. Or, a willingness to play along with the fiction that rules and regulations apply to everyone equally when, in fact, they're often deployed as a means for entirely arbitrary personal power.”
― David Graeber, The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

“My main aim was to recontextualize Gray's visual work, to show it is as unique and autonomous as his literary works and to make a wider public aware of the incredible body of work over 65 years. The key to this would be promoting it through exhibitions and events as well as ordering his visual material and creating an online resource through which to experience it.”
― Sorcha Dallas, Alasdair Gray: Ink for Worlds

“So I suppose the best piece of advice I could give anyone is pretty simple: get a life.

A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you developed an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast while in the shower? (p16)”
― Anna Quindlen, A Short Guide to a Happy Life