Daniel Goleman

"Emotional Intelligence is invaluable for business, essential for education, and transformational for personal life."

"Emotional self-control, delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness underlies accomplishment of every sort."

"If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far."

"IQ and technical skills are important, but Emotional Intelligence is the Sine Qua Non of Leadership."

"The difference between successful an unsuccessful people lies in the abilities called emotional intelligence which include self-control, zeal and persistence, and the ability to motivate oneself."

"Those who are at the mercy of impulse, who lack self-control suffer a moral deficiency: The ability to control impulse is the base of will and character."

"Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence."

"Emotional intelligence accounts for 80 percent of career success."

"People with well-developed emotional skills are also more likely to be content and effective in their lives, mastering the habits of mind that foster their own productivity; people who cannot marshal some control over their emotional life fight inner battles that sabotage their ability for focused work and clear thought."

"Smart decision-making requires more than the intellect as measured by traditional IQ."

"Even though a high IQ is no guarantee of prosperity, prestige, or happiness in life, our schools and our culture fixate on academic abilities, ignoring the emotional intelligence that also matters immensely for our personal destiny."

"In a study of skills that distinguish star performers in every field from entry-level jobs to executive positions, the single most important factor was not IQ, advanced degrees, or technical experience, it was EQ.' Of the competencies required for excellent in performance in the job studies, 67% were emotional competencies."

"The best news is that emotional literacy is not fixed early in life. Every parent, every teacher, every business leader, and everyone interested in a more civil society, has a stake in this compelling vision of human possibility."

"Emotional intelligence is about self-control, zeal and persistence and the ability to motivate oneself."

"Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue."

"Emotional Intelligence can help people make better decisions."