Quotes About Competence

Don't fuck with me, fellas. This ain't my first time at the rodeo.

lost a certain touching faith in the totem power of good manners, clean hair, and proven competence on the Stanford-Binet scale. To such doubtful amulets had my self-respect been pinned, and I faced myself that day with the nonplused apprehension of someone who has come across a vampire and has no crucifix at hand.

A common mistake in strategy is to choose the same core competences as everyone else in your industry.

Not every hard worker can be a leader

Whatever you do, be sure to do it well.

Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.

When your work speaks for itself don't interrupt.

Ambition is destruction only competence matters.

I don't trust anybody that doesn't do good work. I don't give them any credibility. If they can't write, why should I believe anything they have to say?

Not bringing anything new to the table is fine, as long as you're good at what you're not being original with.

The word "expert" in a self description should be followed by the word 'bullsh...'

Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.

Within each of us is a hidden store of energy. Energy we can release to compete in the marathon of life. Within each of us is a hidden store of courage, courage to give us the strength to face any challenge. Within each of us is a hidden store of determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost.

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

Love what you do. Get good at it. Competence is a rare commodity in this day and age. And let the chips fall where they may.

An exceptionally knowledgeable person with his deep knowledge of wide ranging subjects has the capability to provide solutions to almost every problem. He has the intelligence required to understand the basic nature of the problem and then work accordingly towards finding it's solution. He always gives right advice to the right people at the right time.

Never risk throwing your hearts at incompetent hearts, they would let it crash. Throw it into competent hearts that would die to save it, keep it, care for and protect it.

knew that I was scrappy enough to learn the role and do it well.

We don't succeed or fail because of fortune or luck. We succeed because we understand the way the world works and what we have to do. We fail because others understand this better than we do.

As some men were born to handle a paintbrush or a pen, he was born to wield a gun. It looked natural in his hand, a tool of which a man could be proud, like a wrench.

No wonder, then, that I was drawn to the General, who, like my friends Man and Bon, never sneered about my muddled heritage. Upon selecting me for his staff, the General said, The only thing I'm interested in is how good you are at what you do, even if the things I ask you to do may not be so good. I

Good knowledge of an art or profession is essential to be successful in life. A man with insufficient knowledge will always cause harm to himself and others.

Just because anyone can pilot a ship in the sea doesn't always mean that they also know how to swim in it.

I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.