--- title: "6 Feel Incompetent Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 6 Feel Incompetent quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Feel Incompetent sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/philip-larkin-1822_feels_to-start-at-a-new-place-is-always-to-fee_419767.jpg" --- > [To start at a new place is always to feel incompetent & unwanted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-larkin/to-start-at-a-new-place-is-always-to-feel-incompetent-unwanted/) [Philip Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-larkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/philip-larkin-1822_feels_to-start-at-a-new-place-is-always-to-fee_419767.jpg) > [“Life, as I know it, is cataclysms and apocalypses. With each passing day I feel that much more incompetent even to trace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/life-as-i-know-it-is-cataclysms-and-apocalypses-with-each-passing-day/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/fernando-pessoa-177_apocalypses_life-as-i-know-it-is-cataclysms-and-apoc_1235386.jpg) > [If mothers are told to do this or that or the other,... they lose touch with their own ability to act… Only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-woods-winnicott/if-mothers-are-told-to-do-this-or-that-or-the-other-they-lose-touch/) [Donald Woods Winnicott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-woods-winnicott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/donald-woods-winnicott-25798_ability_if-mothers-are-told-to-do-this-or-that-o_1512420.jpg) > [“the places where women are most apt to feel incompetent and illegitimate are in the public spheres of power and authority.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-young/the-places-where-women-are-most-apt-to-feel-incompetent-and/) [Valerie Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/valerie-young-14730_quote_the-places-where-women-are-most-apt-to-f_1674430.jpg) > [I feel incompetent to perform duties...which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/i-feel-incompetent-to-perform-duties-which-have-been-so-unexpectedly/) [Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/andrew-johnson-15306_duty_i-feel-incompetent-to-perform-duties-whi_2727662.jpg) > [ I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event \[Lincoln's assassination\] which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/i-have-been-almost-overwhelmed-by-the-announcement-of-the-sad-event/) [Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2a/andrew-johnson-15306_announcements_i-have-been-almost-overwhelmed-by-the-an_3213959.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feel-incompetent/#itemlist", "name": "Feel Incompetent Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To start at a new place is always to feel incompetent & unwanted", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philip Larkin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-larkin/to-start-at-a-new-place-is-always-to-feel-incompetent-unwanted/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/philip-larkin-1822_feels_to-start-at-a-new-place-is-always-to-fee_419767.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/philip-larkin-1822_feels_to-start-at-a-new-place-is-always-to-fee_419767.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/philip-larkin-1822_feels_to-start-at-a-new-place-is-always-to-fee_419767.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To start at a new place is always to feel incompetent & unwanted” — Philip Larkin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Life, as I know it, is cataclysms and apocalypses. 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