A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.

Quote by John J Pershing

Topics: Competence Quotes, Leadership Quotes

A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an...

A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an...

I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.

I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.

A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent...

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent...

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, - health, peace,...

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, - health, peace,...

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure,...

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure,...

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for...

Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for...

I'm a woman of mad competence. I'm very optimistic. l have high self-esteem. l give...

I'm a woman of mad competence. I'm very optimistic. l have high self-esteem. l give...

Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite...

Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite...

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

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

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

No one complains of too great a facility with words, but all seek fuller competence.

No one complains of too great a facility with words, but all seek fuller competence.

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and...

The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and...

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly of them, when instead...

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly of them, when instead...

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot...

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot...