(1346 quotes found)
“We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?”
Bud Wilkinson
“I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through.”
Michael Palin
“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.”
Edmund Hillary
“A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.”
John J. Pershing
“I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend.”
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
“A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.”
Robert A. Heinlein
“The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.”
Daniel P. Moynihan
“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 would understand the dilemma.”
Marlene Dietrich
“... by stretching yourself beyond your perceived level of confidence you accelerate your development of competence.”
Michael J. Gelb
“Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence”
Napoleon Bonaparte
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