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

John Ford

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine pa!ion moves you, say what youve got to say, and say it hot.

D.H. Lawrence

Let thy sp"ch be better than silence, or be silent.

Dionysius Of Halicarnassus

What we say is important for in most

cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Jim Beggs

If you cant write your message in a sentence, you cant say it in an hour.

Dianna Booher

There are always three speeches, for every one you

actua#y gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one

you wish you gave. Dale Carnegie

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu sp"ch.

Mark Twain

A good orator is pointed and impa!ioned.

Marcus T. Cicero

Oratory is the power to talk people out of their

sober and natural opinions.

Joseph Chatfield

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been

greater than the power of sense. Joseph Conrad

There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into

your subject, then to get your subject into you&elf, and lastly, to get your

subject into the heart of your audience.

Alexander Gregg

The success of your presentation will be judged not by the knowledge you send but by what the listener receives. Lilly Walters

If you dont know what you want to achieve in your

presentation your audience never will.

Harvey Diamond

Best way to conquer stage fright is to know what youre talking about.

Michael H. Mescon

There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1.

The nervous and 2. Lia(. Mark Twain

No one ever complains about a speech being too short!

Ira Hayes

90% of how well the talk will go is determined before the speaker steps

on the platform. Somers White

It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time. Wayne Burgraff

The most precious things in speech are the pauses.

Sir ralph richardson

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than sp"ch. Martin Fraquhar Tupper

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them f"l.

Carl W. Buechner

The problem with speeches isnt so much not knowing when to stop, as

knowing when not to begin. Frances Rodman

Words have incredible power. They can make peoples hearts soar, or they

can make peoples hearts sore. Dr. Mardy Grothe

Speech is power: speech is to pe&uade, to convert, to compel.

Ralph waldo emerson

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a

rightly timed pause. Mark Twain

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