Competence Quotes

225 Competence quotes by 194 unique authors

Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help you to get there, students do competent work. The lowest… — William Glasser
If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve. — William Glasser
I'm not a great deductive thinker, but I will admit to having competence in a very wide range of things - not being afraid to… — Stephen Jay Gould
A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they… — Marlene Dietrich
Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and… — Peter Drucker
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. — Robert A. Heinlein
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence. — Elbert Hubbard
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary. — Billy Joel
Employee loyalty begins with employer loyalty. Your employees should know that if they do the job they were hired to do with a reasonable amount… — Harvey Mackay
To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who… — Orison Swett Marden
The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our… — Ben Okri
Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. — Laurence J. Peter
I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence. — Ayrton Senna
I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. — Edith Sitwell
Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence. — Niklaus Wirth
The cloud is still really just a bunch of servers, owned by someone or something, whose decisions and competence must be trusted. This applies to… — Douglas Rushkoff
I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me, the pleasant certainty that those rather passive virtues which had won me approval… — Joan Didion
Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is a person who understand, values and… — Virginia Satir
Here's my theory about meetings and life: the three things you can't fake are erections, competence and creativity. — Douglas Coupland
Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living. — Mark Twain
There's nothing of any importance in life - except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from… — Ayn Rand
Competence was attractive. — Markus Zusak
Friendships are nice. So is competence. — Michael Crichton
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a… — Eleanor Roosevelt
I don't want to be expected to fall in passively someone else's plans for me. That's what I don't want. I don't want it assumed… — Nora Roberts

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