Quotes About Competence

Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you.

If a thing's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well.

I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating.

Do what you do best, and outsource the rest.

It had been an embarrassing moment, like the one you get when you realize for the first time that you have what it takes to become an accountant.

Never send a Man in to do a Donkey's job

He who thinks he's the best is not the best... And the one who thinks "he who thinks he's the best is not the best" is also not the best.

I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier.

Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.

Just because someone has fancy sneakers doesn't mean they can run faster.

When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.

Don't be threatened by people smarter than you.

It ain't braggin' if you really done it.

Education should turn out the pupil with something he knows well and something he can do well.

There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led.

Confidence comes from being prepared.

People are able because they think they're able

whatever you become be good at it

Don't be cocky. Don't be flashy. There's always someone better than you.

Task performed by an unintelligent person should not be rated high.

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

You have to be careful of people who like to talk a big game but can't back it up.

I've reached the age where competence is a turn-on.

Women who are confident of their abilities are more likely to succeed than those who lack confidence, even though the latter may be much more competent and talented and industrious.