In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. Laurence J. Peter
It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too. Alexis de Tocqueville
Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling. André Gide
One should rise to a person who sees you sitting. Somali Proverb
Boil the water and the scum will rise to the top. Berber Proverb
Cream doesn't rise to the top, it works its way up. Dutch Proverb