"...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other……" — Susan Cain

"...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around."

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125 Quotes by Susan Cain

Susan Cain has 125 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.
In our culture, snails are not considered valiant animals - we are constantly exhorting people to "come out of their…
Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything…
Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. And they…
We put too much of a premium on presenting and not enough on substance and critical thinking.
Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were…
[Introverts,] the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all…
The same person who would never raise his hand in a lecture hall of two hundred people might blog to…
Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases ... If you have talented and motivated people, they…
I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing ... I like to think before I speak (softly).
You're told that you're in your head too much, a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Or…
There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in Tibet.

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More Competence Quotes

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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov
Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them… — Allan Bloom
But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with. — John Cleese
Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence. — Kingsley Amis
Love what you do. Get good at it. Competence is a rare commodity in this day and age. And let… — Jon Stewart
We godless lack that certainty, and we know the world is a complex place that requires compromise and is not… — PZ Myers
People value honesty. They value integrity. They value competence and courage and all those kinds of things. — Richard A. Kidd
The fundamental trouble with marriage is that it shakes a man's confidence in himself, and so greatly diminishes his general… — H. L. Mencken
In our culture we make heroes of the men who sit on top of a heap of money, and we… — Max Lerner
Success demands a high level of logistical and organizational competence. — George S. Patton
Since science's competence extends to observable and measurable phenomena, not to the inner being of things, and to the means,… — Jacques Maritain
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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