Sayyidina Abdur Rahman ibn Samurah (RA) reported that Allah’s Messenger (SAW) said, “0 Abdur Rahman, do not ask for office of authority, for if you are given one on your asking then you will be left to yourself to tackle the affairs. But, if you get it without asking for it then you will be helped. And when you take an oath but see something else better than it then opt for that which is better and make an atonement for your oath.”
[Bukhari 6622, Muslim 1652]