Quotes About Competence

I am not in favour of quotas. Just put the best person into the job. It is not about gender; it is about experience, leadership and vision.

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.

... three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in its correctness.

We need a different kind of leadership in the White House that understands how to get bureaucracies competent again.

We need somebody with a proven track record of competence, leadership and what you see is what you get.

Lead competently.Lead productively.Lead skillfully.Lead excellently.

Parkour teaches you to be sure of what you are able to do.

Learn to hide your need and show your skill.

Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.

There is many a man without learning will get the better of a college-bred man, and will have better words, too.

The pupil is ... 'schooled' to confuse teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new.

Learning to shoot firearms to me is a little like driving stick - it seems like a decent skill to have.

When I cook, I generally stick with what I know, what I'm comfortable with, and what I feel I've paid my dues learning, and am good at.

He who knows how to teach a child is not competent for the oversight of a child's education unless he also knows how to train a child.

Whatever you do, do it well.

I think that if you go through life and no one hates you, then that means you're not good at anything

Some people are smart. Some people are good." He opened his eyes and put a hand on each of my shoulders. "And some people are both.

Jameson shrugged. "What can I say? I really am just that good.

People can only do what they can do.

You display inordinate pride for someone who has completed a task which could have been performed by a lesser primate in a shorter time.

Take the example of a public speaker. He is confident that he has written a good speech, he has committed the thing to memory, and can deliver it smoothly. Still he agonizes, [6] because it's not enough for him to be competent, he also hungers for the crowd's approval.

I think any time you have too much education in one certain field, that can sometimes play against you.

Did I tell you I have a reputation for brains?

Redeless (adj.) Not knowing what to do in an emergency. Redeless has a variety of meanings, but this is the one that speaks to me the most. In yet another case of the rare thing enjoying a common word and vice versa, it is interesting to note that redeless has largely (or entirely) fallen by the linguistic wayside, while savoir faire (which originally meant "knowing what to do in an emergency") has survived. Redonation