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 Quotes about COMPETENCE
“The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its piped nor its theories will hold water.” — John Gardner
“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.” — Willa A. Foster
“There is nothing which rots morale more quickly and more completely than … the feeling that those in authority do not know their own minds..” — Lionel Urwick, Harvard Business Review 1956
“My only objective is to isolate your stupidity.” — David A.J. Axson, The Management Mythbuster
“Things refuse to be mismanaged long.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Top executives should rate their subordinates on loyalty and competence. Those who are more loyal than competent should be fired because they are the dangerous ones. They will stay forever, while other more competent, less loyal people will jump ship as problems develop. And the loyal, noncompetent subordinates will protect their bosses from the truth. Reality will be too threatening and ugly. When truth dies, really bad things happen.” — Richard Tedlow, Benson P. Shapiro, and Adrian Jurij Slywotzky, Why Great Companies Go Wrong
“It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.” — Oscar Wilde
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