A Quote by Lyman Abbott

Service makes men competent.

Lyman Abbott

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Lyman Abbott
American - Author
December 18, 1835 - October 22, 1922

What is competent? Who is it that can adjudicate what is competent or not competent? If the guys that are running the most important banks in our country aren't competent enough, well then, who is competent enough?

Edward Conard

There is no reason to believe that the people who staff the managerial and professional positions in our service institutions are any less qualified, any less competent or honest, or any less hard-working than the men who manage businesses. Conversely, there is no reason to believe that business managers, put in control of service institutions, would do better than the 'bureaucrats'. Indeed, we know that they immediately become bureaucrats themselves.

Peter Drucker

You talk about the [armed] service teaches you how to depend on each other, the service makes you aware of the common good and strips that down. Guys who go into service get to have that. But that's a high price to pay in this day and time with going into service.

Jerry Jones

If I could be really competent, that goes such a long way toward things, because the majority of things are not competent. If I can be competent, and have moments of originality, that's all I would ask for.

Jon Stewart

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.

Ralph W. Sockman

The vast majority of Secret Service agents are incredibly competent people.

Bob Beckel

War is the antithesis of all our teaching. It breaks all the commandments; it makes rich men poor, and strong men weak. It makes well men sick, and by it living men are changed to dead men.

Nellie L. McClung

Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought of washing a dish or changing a diaper?

Frank Pittman

Fastidious attention to detail makes the difference between an OK service and first class service.

Ben Elliot

As a GM Goodwrench Service Plus dealer, I understand how good service makes a difference to our customers.

Dale Earnhardt

History makes one wise, but not competent to solve concrete problems.

Ludwig von Mises

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

Billy Joel

A lawyer who makes an impression as credible, competent, and civil is one whose thoughts I'll take seriously.

Raymond Kethledge

I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier.

Miguel Ferrer

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

John J. Pershing

Theological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in many things, but you cannot be competent in God.

Henri Nouwen

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