Artist Quote by Seth Godin

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

— Billy Joel

Often the desire to appear competent impedes our ability to become competent, because we more anxious to display our knowledge than to learn what…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

I am who I am: confident, arrogant, dominant, honest, hard-working and innovative.

— Louis van Gaal

Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those...who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.

— Booker T. Washington

It is often not the most intelligent, capable or talented who do the best in life. It is the most motivated ones who do.

— Anonymous

All highly competent people continually search for ways to keep learning, growing, and improving. They do that by asking WHY. After all, the person…

— Benjamin Franklin

Those who are passionate about what they do have an advantage that is nearly impossible to overcome. In passion there is energy, creativity, resilience…

— Ralph Marston

There are a lot of people who can slide on talent their whole lives; they're just naturally gifted. I've never considered myself one of…

— Zac Efron

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather…

— Eric Hoffer

It is also true that the less competent a person is in a given domain, the more he will tend to overestimate his abilities.…

— Sam Harris

“Competence Starts with Feeling Competent”

— David Niven

We're all competent in different ways, we've just got to find a way to push ourselves up more.

— Benjamin Clementine