Public Speaking Quotes
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![Winston S. Churchill](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1306133803i/14033._UX200_CR0,21,200,200_.jpg)
“A good speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.”
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![Winston S. Churchill](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1306133803i/14033._UX200_CR0,21,200,200_.jpg)
“If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.”
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![Paul Arden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1287968850i/66409._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you go, and fix it along the way…”
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![Susan Cain](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1644435084i/4101935._UX200_CR0,30,200,200_.jpg)
“Naked lions are just as dangerous as elegantly dressed ones”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
![Dale Carnegie](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1230226725i/3317.jpg)
“Students of public speaking continually ask, "How can I overcome
self-consciousness and the fear that paralyzes me before an
audience?"
Did you ever notice in looking from a train window that some
horses feed near the track and never even pause to look up at the
thundering cars, while just ahead at the next railroad crossing a
farmer's wife will be nervously trying to quiet her scared horse as
the train goes by?
How would you cure a horse that is afraid of cars—graze him in a
back-woods lot where he would never see steam-engines or
automobiles, or drive or pasture him where he would frequently see
the machines?
Apply horse-sense to ridding yourself of self-consciousness and
fear: face an audience as frequently as you can, and you will soon stop shying. You can never attain
freedom from stage-fright by reading a treatise. A book may give
you excellent suggestions on how best to conduct yourself in the
water, but sooner or later you must get wet, perhaps even strangle
and be "half scared to death." There are a great many "wetless"
bathing suits worn at the seashore, but no one ever learns to swim
in them. To plunge is the only way.”
― The Art of Public Speaking
self-consciousness and the fear that paralyzes me before an
audience?"
Did you ever notice in looking from a train window that some
horses feed near the track and never even pause to look up at the
thundering cars, while just ahead at the next railroad crossing a
farmer's wife will be nervously trying to quiet her scared horse as
the train goes by?
How would you cure a horse that is afraid of cars—graze him in a
back-woods lot where he would never see steam-engines or
automobiles, or drive or pasture him where he would frequently see
the machines?
Apply horse-sense to ridding yourself of self-consciousness and
fear: face an audience as frequently as you can, and you will soon stop shying. You can never attain
freedom from stage-fright by reading a treatise. A book may give
you excellent suggestions on how best to conduct yourself in the
water, but sooner or later you must get wet, perhaps even strangle
and be "half scared to death." There are a great many "wetless"
bathing suits worn at the seashore, but no one ever learns to swim
in them. To plunge is the only way.”
― The Art of Public Speaking
![Todd Stocker](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1415706352i/3848810._UX200_CR0,25,200,200_.jpg)
“A speaker should approach his preparation not by what he wants to say, but by what he wants to learn.”
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![Amit Kalantri](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1613203563i/6590179._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
![Dale Carnegie](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1230226725i/3317.jpg)
“The first
sign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and act
great. Before you can call yourself a man at all, Kipling assures
us, you must "not look too good nor talk too wise.”
― The Art of Public Speaking
sign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and act
great. Before you can call yourself a man at all, Kipling assures
us, you must "not look too good nor talk too wise.”
― The Art of Public Speaking
![Stephen Keague](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1349685190i/6548612._UX200_CR0,11,200,200_.jpg)
“Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Poor Performance”
― The Little Red Handbook of Public Speaking and Presenting
― The Little Red Handbook of Public Speaking and Presenting
![Amit Kalantri](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1613203563i/6590179._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“The decision is your own voice, an opinion is the echo of someone else's voice.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
![Stephen Keague](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1349685190i/6548612._UX200_CR0,11,200,200_.jpg)
“No audience ever complained about a presentation or speech being too short”
― The Little Red Handbook of Public Speaking and Presenting
― The Little Red Handbook of Public Speaking and Presenting
![Amit Kalantri](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1613203563i/6590179._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“Mixing old wine with new wine is stupidity, but mixing old wisdom with new wisdom is maturity.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
![Amit Kalantri](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1613203563i/6590179._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
![Amit Kalantri](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1613203563i/6590179._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“If you can't impress them with your argument, impress them with your actions.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
![Amit Kalantri](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1613203563i/6590179._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
![Stephen Keague](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1349685190i/6548612._UX200_CR0,11,200,200_.jpg)
“In presentations or speeches less really is more”
― The Little Red Handbook of Public Speaking and Presenting
― The Little Red Handbook of Public Speaking and Presenting
![Stephen Keague](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1349685190i/6548612._UX200_CR0,11,200,200_.jpg)
“The audience are likely to remember only three things from your presentation or speech”
― The Little Red Handbook of Public Speaking and Presenting
― The Little Red Handbook of Public Speaking and Presenting
![Amit Kalantri](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1613203563i/6590179._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
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