{"quotes":[{"text":"Complements from your companion will do you no good, but if you get complements from your competitors it means you are really doing good.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["ability","amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri-writer","applaud","companion","compatriot","competence","competition","competitor","complements","enemy","friends","friendship","good","inspirational","motivational","philosophy","praise","rivals","wisdom"],"id":9938,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"Do not allow your inner doubts to keep you from achieving what you can do.","author":"Lolly Daskal","tags":["accomplishments","business","business","candor","change","competence","confidence","confidence","failure","fear","fears","focus","grow","growth","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","inspire","inspiring","leader","leaders","leadership","leadership-development","leadership-management","leadership","leadership-styles","leadership-traits","life","life-lessons","life","living","loyal","management","management","motivation","motivational","optimism","optimistic","positive","positive-affirmation","positive-life","positive-thinking","quote","stay-focused","step-out-of-comfort-zone","success","transform","trust","trusted","truth"],"id":10041,"author_id":"Lolly+Daskal"},{"text":"We pass judgements as to merits in areas we have no competence.","author":"Benson IV","tags":["competence","criticism","judgement"],"id":22406,"author_id":"Benson+IV"},{"text":"If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.","author":"Kurt Vonnegut Jr.","tags":["competence","humor","work"],"id":30885,"author_id":"Kurt+Vonnegut+Jr."},{"text":"Our competence comes from God's grace.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["christian","competence","daily-inspiration-grace","grace-of-god","inspiration","religious-faith"],"id":37478,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Pride in office without competence is as much a sin as competence without confidence.","author":"Peter Tremayne","tags":["competence","confidence","pride","pride-in-office","sin"],"id":40100,"author_id":"Peter+Tremayne"},{"text":"They looked more like day laborers than seamen.","author":"Erik Larson","tags":["appearances","competence","confidence","culture","professionalism"],"id":43788,"author_id":"Erik+Larson"},{"text":"All too often people pretend to be professional. 'Professionalism' is sometimes a facade for fraud. Be pro, but be real. Honesty and transparency combined with character, competence and real results is the key to being a true pro.","author":"Richie Norton","tags":["character","competence","facade","fraud","honesty","key","professional","results","richie-norton","transparency"],"id":47994,"author_id":"Richie+Norton"},{"text":"Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence.","author":"Ron Suskind","tags":["competence","confidence","marketing","professionalism"],"id":71155,"author_id":"Ron+Suskind"},{"text":"Ladies and gentlemen, when you paint your lips, eyes, nails, hair, side-beards, or whatever, to look beautiful or handsome, don't forget your up stairs, if you don't go up there to put things in order, then, consider the former attributes null and void.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["appearance","beautiful","beauty","big-boy","big-boys","common-sense","competence","composure","cute","damsel","educated","education","eye","face","guys","handsome","intellect","intelligence","ladies","ladies-and-gentlemen","lady","memory","memory-lane","mental","mental-makeups","mentality","michael-bassey-johnson","nigga","niggas","painting","pretty","telewealth","up-stairs","wisdom"],"id":87474,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":58,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}