Motivational Quotes

Speakers and speaking

Passions are the only orators to always convinces us.

- La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Speakers and speaking Motivational Quotes

Best Quotes about Speakers and speaking

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Jonson, Ben

Passions are the only orators to always convinces us.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

There are three things to aim at in public speaking: First to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into your hearers.

Gregg

What orators lack in depth, they make up to you in length.

Montesquieu, Charles De

The less people think the more they talk.

Proverb

The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.

Plutarch

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

Sophocles

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

Ford, John

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

Stevenson, Adlai E.

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All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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A closed mouth catches no flies.

Proverb, French

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A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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Half wits talk much, but say little.

Franklin, Benjamin

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Once I have heard the story or joke used twice by other speakers or entertainer, I avoid it.

Ogden, Tom

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Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes.

Homer

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The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

Landers, Ann

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Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.

Pilgrim, Peace

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A smart person knows what to say, a wise person knows whether or not to say it.

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Say what you have to say and first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending; sit down.

Churchill, Winston

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The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.

Proverb, Arabian

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If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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There is danger when a man throws his tongue into high gear before he gets his brain a-going.

Phelps, C. C.

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The secret of successful speakers? Passion and compassion with a purpose.

Walters, Lily

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It always takes a person much longer to tell you what he thinks than what he knows.

Saying

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Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it.

Hightower, Cullen

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He who does not say too much has too much to say.

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Too many of us speak twice before we think

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Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch those judgments, such as they are.

Chesterfield, Lord

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What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Beggs, Jim

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Most speakers speak ten minutes too long.

Humes, James

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Speak little and to the purpose.

Proverb

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A good speaker is a good listener who hears what lesser speakers fail to.

White, Somers

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Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.

Meltzer, Bernard

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Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Gracian, Baltasar

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Unconsciousness is one of the most important conditions of good style in speaking and writing.

White, R. S.

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Be sincere, be brief; be seated.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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A speech should not just be a sharing of information, but a sharing of yourself.