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...

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

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...

Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence

Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence

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,...

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

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.

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...

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.

It is only now that I understand that Love would have no competence without this...

It is only now that I understand that Love would have no competence without this...

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.

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...

Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for...

Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have 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...

Compliance starts with understanding, and understanding starts with cultural competence

Compliance starts with understanding, and understanding starts with cultural competence

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war

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...

In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade....

In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade....

The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to...

The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to...