Quotes about Competence

There is nothing that saps one's confidence as the knowing how to do a thing

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

Nothing will make a better impression on your leader than your ability to manage yourself. If your leader must continually expend energy managing you, then you will be perceived as someone who drains time and energy. If you manage yourself well, however, your boss will see you as someone who maximizes opportunities and leverages personal strengths. That will make you someone your leader turns to when the heat is on.

two things are responsible for making leadership rise? The first is competence. No one wants to follow an incompetent leader. The second is values. Values are principles that guide your decisions and behaviors.

A good approach to something requires enough resources to handle the demands of that activity.

I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully and magnanimously all the offices both private and public, of peace and war.

Adequacy is the enemy of excellence.

When public figures think they can open a business even though they've got no business experience, it's a bad idea.

Not knowing doesn't mandate anxiety; rather, it instills confidence, and confidence is crucial to good performance.

As a rule, the man who can do all things equally well is a very mediocre individual.

No man can be a competent legislator who does not add to an upright intention and a sound judgment a certain degree of knowledge of the subject on which he is to legislate.