Competence Quotes
225 quotes by 194 authors
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
— Isaac Asimov
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Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence…
— Allan Bloom
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But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.
— John Cleese
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Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence.
— Kingsley Amis
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Love what you do. Get good at it. Competence is a rare commodity in this day and age. And let the chips fall where they…
— Jon Stewart
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We godless lack that certainty, and we know the world is a complex place that requires compromise and is not ruled by a moral force…
— PZ Myers
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People value honesty. They value integrity. They value competence and courage and all those kinds of things.
— Richard A. Kidd
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The fundamental trouble with marriage is that it shakes a man's confidence in himself, and so greatly diminishes his general competence and effectiveness. His habit…
— H. L. Mencken
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In our culture we make heroes of the men who sit on top of a heap of money, and we pay attention not only to…
— Max Lerner
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Success demands a high level of logistical and organizational competence.
— George S. Patton
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Since science's competence extends to observable and measurable phenomena, not to the inner being of things, and to the means, not to the ends of…
— Jacques Maritain
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The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.
— Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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There is a light at the end of the tunnel but first you'll have to find the light switch and change the bulb before switching…
— Tim Field
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The only irreplaceable capital an organization possesses is the knowledge and ability of its people. The productivity of that capital depends on how effectively people…
— Andrew Carnegie
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One of the best uses of your time is to increase your competence in your key result areas.
— Brian Tracy
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Competence is the enemy of change!
— Seth Godin
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Effective leadership is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That's because leadership has two sides- what a person is character and what a person…
— Stephen Covey
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Discipline is the habit of taking consistent action until one can perform with unconscious competence. Discipline weighs ounces but regret weighs tons.
— Jhoon Goo Rhee
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Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period…
— Bud Wilkinson
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A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.
— Stephen Covey
Who Wrote These Competence Quotes
194 authors contributed a total of 225 Competence Quotes, led by these top contributors: