Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.
Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.
Silence is for fools. Communication is for leaders. Justice is for those brave enough to not stand another moment dealing with people that feel the solution to any problem is through cold indifference...
Say something worthwhile and people will listen.
A dull speaker like a plain woman is credited with all the virtues for we charitably suppose that a surface so unattractive must be compensated by interior blessings.
Winston [Churchill] has devoted the best years of his life to preparing his impromptu speeches.
Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word never to withdraw one.
Words represent your emotional state, beware of what you speak! Restore your mental balance.
I must admit, that I have learned more from my negative experiences than I have ever learned from my positive one.
Criticize me if you can, but that won't stop me from saying what i like, my mouth is mine, and not yours.
Cream always rises to the top...so do good leaders".
The relationship of the toastmaster to the speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.
Coming to the END of MYSELF and all SELF effort...seems to be the very point that God steps in and shows HIMSELF to be more than ENOUGH.
I have learnt a good deal from my own talk.
If no thought your mind does visit make your speech not too explicit.
You can lose your MONEY. You can lose your FRIENDS. You can lose your JOB and you can lose your MARRIAGE...and still recover...as long as there is HOPE. Never lose HOPE.
He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Would you persuade speak of interest not of reason.
Blessed is the man who having nothing to say abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.
I've never thought my speeches were too long I've rather enjoyed them.
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