The Bible tells us in Ecclesiastes 3 and verse one that there is time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.
One African proverb says that if one over stays in a latrine, he would begin to see flies of different colours.
This means that if you dont quit from a position when the ovation is loudest, the same mouth people used in praising you, they will also use in ridiculing you when you start floundering.