Quotes About Character And Competence

#1. What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful

Colin Powell

#2. Trust is the confidence that emerges when character and competence converge.

Kevin Cope

#3. The only book worth writing is the book that threatens to kill you.

Terry Tempest Williams

#4. Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given.

William Powell

#5. We send our [peacekeepers] off to some disputed zone, full of local intrigue and power blocs and uncertainty and danger, and they are supposed to save lives not with their weapons, but through their competence and their character. And they do it.

Romeo LeBlanc

#6. What will matter in the end is not what you bought but what you built; not what you got but what you gave; not what you learned by what you taught. What will matter is not your competence but your character.

Michael Josephson

#7. A nominee [to Supreme Court] must possess the competence, character and temperament to serve on the bench.

Herb Kohl

#8. In every analysis you need to isolate what the real assets are and you must not forget to examine the franchise to do business, to review the character and competence of the management and to estimate the outcome if the whole business had to be turned into cash.

Peter Cundill

#9. Trust is equal parts character and competence ... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.

Stephen Covey

#10. Blowed if I ain't all in a muck sweat,' said the Giant, puffing like the largest railway engine. 'Comes of being out of condition. I suppose neither of you young Ladies has such a thing as a pocket-hankerchee about you?

C.S. Lewis

#11. The man was a mystery to Jim. Sometimes, he seemed to be the perfect Southern gentleman from days long gone. At other times, he had an air of timelessness, that of someone who had seen and experienced much.

Philip C. Elrod

#12. Effective leadership is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That's because leadership has two sides- what a person is character and what a person does- competence.

Stephen Covey

#13. In leadership, skills may take you where character won't keep you.

Mike Ayers

#14. What will matter is not your competence, but your character. What will matter is not how many people you knew but how many will feel a lasting loss when you are gone. What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by who and for what?

Michael Josephson

#15. What an entrepreneur does is to build for the long run. If the market is great, you get all of the resources you can. You build to it. But a good entrepreneur is always prepared to throttle back, put on the brakes, and if the world changes, adapt to the world.

Vinod Khosla

#16. Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

Tryon Edwards

#17. As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don't want to be spoken down to. I want to be treated as a peer and to be made to feel welcome.

Patrick DeWitt

#18. There is no more critical indicator of the future of a society than the character, competence, and integrity of its youth.

Urie Bronfenbrenner

#19. Liberals don't have to emerge from the hot tub and start attending NASCAR races or - God forbid - church, but it would be nice if they'd stop lying all the time.

Ann Coulter

#20. My selection process is based on "three Cs": first character, then competence, and finally chemistry with me and with the rest of the team. Character. Competence. Chemistry.

Bill Hybels

#21. Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities, your skills, and your track record. Both are vital.

Stephen Covey

#22. A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.

Stephen R. Covey

#23. Trust is a function of both character and competence. Of course you can't trust someone who lacks integrity, but if someone is honest but they can't perform, you're not going to trust them either. You won't trust them to get the job done.

Stephen Covey

#24. The fundamental question of politics has always been whether there should be politics.

Karl Hess

#25. There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character.

John C. Maxwell

#26. As Rafe watched the hovercopter circle back, I saw that his aqua eyes had a golden sheen, like sunlight reflecting off the surface of a lake, I couldn't move, couldn't breathe. "Your eyes . . .

Kat Falls