An hour of planning can say you 10 hours of doing.
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
- Topic: Communication, Practice, Public Speaking, Speech
- Location: Montana
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.
Man is a social animal.
When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, one hundred.
Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence—natural ability notwithstanding.
People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.
Understanding a question is half an answer.
Everything you say should be true but not everything true should be said.
The day will soon come when I will show the world that the transmission of power and speech without the aid of any wires is possible.
Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact—it is silence which isolates.
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the right of the people to peacefully to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. -First Amendment
Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself.
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs, but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason.
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably gracious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
