Competent Quotes. QuotesGram

If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That's the 'halo effect.' Your first impression of a thing sets up your subsequent beliefs. If the company looks inept to you, you may assume everything else they do is inept.

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

The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.

Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless you're really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful.

When you smile, you don't only appear to be more likable and courteous, you appear to be more competent.

Rob Hall was, without doubt, the most competent guide in mountaineering.

What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school, it's really going to be hard for them in high school.

Actona is a healthy company with strong values, very competent management and a solid organisation.

To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people.

I would rather have a competent extremist than an incompetent moderate.