Quotes about Competence

Some humans are mathematicians-others aren't.

I don't have to be proud of it. I only have to do it well. — Thomas Hudson

When you try to exercise authority within a department that is outside your core competencies, you will hinder everything and everyone under your watch. If you fail to distinguish between authority and competence, you will exert your influence in ways that damage projects and people. To put it bluntly, there are things you are responsible for that you should keep your nose out of.

Every leader has authority over arenas in which he has little or no competence. When we exert our authority in an area where we lack competence, we can derail projects and demotivate those who have the skills we lack.

One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

That which had made Helmholtz so uncomfortably aware of being himself and all alone was too much ability.

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

One of the few greatest satisfactions of this life is to handle problems efficiently and well.

No one can point fingers at my professionalism.

If there are any decisions that need to be taken in some circumstances, they should be in the favour of the most experienced driver.

The people who hold that our culture is an oppressive patriarchy, they don't want to admit that the current hierarchy might be predicated on competence.