Quotes About Competence

There are too many windbags in this world. Speak only when you are competent in a subject - It produces dignity." - L. R. W. Lee Andy Smithson: Blast of the Dragon's Fury

Always be the right person for the right job at the right time. Remember time is always right.

An incompetent person in a responsible position may cause huge damage. Such a person should act less and think more.

There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches.

In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.

Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.

I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver.

Politics is so difficult, it's generally only people who aren't quite up to the task who feel convinced they are.

I feel much more comfortable in politics than I did in book writing. Book writing is so hard. Politics felt easy compared to that.

I don't like to dabble in anything I don't do well. I don't talk politics.

I pledge you I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and courage. This is a call to arms.

Better to do a little well, then a great deal badly.

Only undertake what you can do in an excellent fashion. There are no prizes for average performance.

Skill to do comes of doing.

Positive thinking is a good attitude to have. But positive thinking without any skills is a load of crap.

Sometimes the best & talented people are not the right people.

Deep in my heart politeness impresses me more than competence.

Just because you consider yourself a genius doesn't mean you are smart.

A person who won't do it has no advantage over someone who can't do it.

Being a good leader does not require you possessing a fancy title, no more than possessing a fancy title makes you a good leader.

When the competent men of the system are compelled to quit, the system will soon quit itself.

Able hands' are more favorable to business than 'adorable hearts'.

System fails when people with ability don't have authority and people with authority don't have ability.

They copied my product, they copied my strategies yet they failed miserably in the business, because they couldn't copy my professionalism.