#competence

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 starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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If you look at the 19 hijackers who came to the United States in Sept. 11 to commit those acts, if you'd looked at them before they got onto a plane, you could probably say the same thing. There were various levels of expertise, various levels of competence. ↗

— Robert Mueller

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Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

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The incompetence regarding body and vehicle armor rises almost to a level of criminal negligence. ↗

— John Olver

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Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence. ↗

— James Cash Penney

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Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

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Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

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In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

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Everyone rises to their level of incompetence. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

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