Quotes about Competence
That which had made Helmholtz so uncomfortably aware of being himself and all alone was too much ability.
— Aldous Huxley
There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.
— Aldous Huxley
One of the few greatest satisfactions of this life is to handle problems efficiently and well.
— Norman Vincent Peale
The people who hold that our culture is an oppressive patriarchy, they don't want to admit that the current hierarchy might be predicated on competence.
— Jordan Peterson
A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all.
— Peter Drucker
Suffering dispels the illusion that we have the strength and competence to rule our own lives and save ourselves.
— Timothy Keller
Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.
— Confucius
Those that have done nothing in life, are not qualified to judge of those that have done little
— Samuel Johnson
A workman that needeth not to be ashamed.
— Anonymous
Some men succeed by what they know some by what they do and a few by what they are.
— Elbert Hubbard
Flawed genius is better than flawless talent.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Be practical, be skillful, be teachable, and you will be successful.
— Matshona Dhliwayo