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

The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle!

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Competence goes beyond words. It's the leader's ability to say it, plan it, and do it in such a way that others know that you know how - and know that they want to follow you.

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence

automatic scholarships to Niger Delta indigenes so as to give them higher levels of competence to enable them compete for higher level jobs in the petroleum industry.