“…Nevertheless, between 75 percent and 96 percent of the variance in real world criteria such as job performance cannot be accounted for by individual difference in intelligence test scores.” – Sternberg, from “Testing Common Sense”
“Action is the real measure of intelligence.” – Napoleon Hill
“Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.” – Julius Rosenwald, Part-owner and leader of Sears Roebuck early 1990s
“At best, IQ contributes 20% to the factors that determine life success, which leaves 80% to other forces.” – Gardner, from “Cracking Open the IQ Box”
“Not only is high intelligence insufficient and unreliable in the pursuit of success…it would appear to be unnecessary.” – Julius Rosenwald, Part-owner and leader of Sears Roebuck early 1990s
“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.” – James C. Humes, Presidential speechwriter, author of “Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln”
“Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.” – Buddha
“Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed.” – Zoroaster
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson
“Churchill wrote his own speeches. When a leader does that, he becomes emotionally invested with his utterances. If Churchill had had a speech writer in 1940, Britain would be speaking German today.” – James C. Humes
“You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.” – Leonardo da Vinci
“Be candid with everyone.” – Jack Welch
“Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Actions speak louder than words.” – English Proverb
“Anytime we have new forms of communication, it changes behavior whether it is political or business or any type of behavior. Radio and TV did that. The PC will be classed as big or bigger an advancement in communications than those devices were.” – Bill Gates
“Advertising is what you do when you can’t go see somebody. That’s all it is.” – Fairfax Cone
“Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.” – Walt Disney
“Do actions speak louder than words or is the pen mightier than the sword? Who has to choose? Together, pen and sword are most powerful.” – Fairfax Cone
“The professional’s grasp of the numbers is a measure of the control he has over the events that the figures represent.” – Harold S. Geneen
