We can let our past [difficulties and failures] beat us or teach us [to be more knowledgeable, competent and realistic in the… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Often the desire to appear competent impedes our ability to become competent, because we more anxious to display our knowledge than to… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
“Each man judges correctly those matters with which he is acquainted; it is of these that he is a competent critic.” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is true that the discerning intellect of the world is always much in advance of the creative, so that there are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice. — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
I believe there's something in the Bible about 'Thou shalt not call anyone insane who owns and is competent with more firearms… — Andrew Plotkin Copy Share Image
“even though clients require us to be competent enough to meet their needs, it is ultimately our honesty, humility, and selflessness that… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Which are you?...competen t, inspiring, passionate, obsessed, provocative, impatient, hungry, driven, adoring, inspired, an artist, a genius, someone who cares...? With all… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
There are numerous daytime and night time photographs and videotapes of clearly non-human spacecraft from all over the world; these films and… — Steven M. Greer Copy Share Image
There are myths about kids spending time online - that it is dangerous or making them lazy. But we found that spending… — Mizuko Ito Copy Share Image
There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We often treat children as if they're not very competent to do anything on their own. So we make them stop learning… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered; and the… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Traditionally, women have a lot of different roles in society. It is very difficult to balance all these roles and at the… — Dalia Grybauskaite Copy Share Image
Values and verdicts never bother me half as much as people trying to weasel their way around them, or people compromising their… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
When a person thinks that you are not competent enough to do his film or work with him, one should not ask… — Govinda Copy Share Image
The weird thing about acting is you're the most competent when you're at your best, but you have to be validated. — Max Minghella Copy Share Image
All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“What is competent writing? Competent writing is writing that efficiently describes ideas and concepts to an audience, using a grammar that the… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
If you are any competent musician, if you have creative ideas, ideas of songs, of arrangements, in a band like the Stones,… — Bill Wyman Copy Share Image
You come across words all the time that are everyday sexism. I was described as 'competently bossy' and 'bossily competent' by a… — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors. — Rob Paulsen Copy Share Image
I feel qualified and competent to try anything that's thrown my way because I don't have to be a success. I can… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
Most of us have had that experience - at around puberty - of realising that, despite whatever efforts we put into our… — Will Self Copy Share Image
It is really quite amazing by what margins competent but conservative scientists and engineers can miss the mark, when they start with… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
While photography is the easiest medium in which to be competent, it is the hardest in which to develop an idiosyncratic personal… — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility,… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Inequality is going to be a big issue, but competence is going to be the biggest issue. [People] want to see somebody… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“They are often extremely competent people who are committed to doing things very well and have a fear of making mistakes and… — Patrick J. Carnes Copy Share Image
First of all, legally, it's hard to do these things[ get rid of ObamaCare]. Donald Trump needs a lot of competent people. — William Kristol Copy Share Image
“Your confidence kills your fears when they appear. Your competence makes them not to appear at all. Be bold; do it.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Quacks are a part of our culture, and we all fall prey to them. Who among us can say, for sure, that… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Although our prospect is peace, our policy and purpose are to provide for defense by all those means to which our resources… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“You do not need to pay attention to those voices within you that create pain, or make you feel less competent, smart… — Sanaya Roman Copy Share Image
Birth is about making mothers... strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength — Barbara Katz Rothman Copy Share Image
The race cannot succeed, nor build strong citizens, until we have a race of women competent to do more than bear a… — Timothy Thomas Fortune Copy Share Image
Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help you to get there, students do competent… — William Glasser Copy Share Image
It is reasonable to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image