The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. ~Dorothy Nevill
You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.
John Ford
“Words have incredible power.
They can make people’s hearts soar,
or they can make people’s hearts sore.”
–Dr. Mardy Grothe
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
~Franklin D. Roosevelt
Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it – William Feather
“A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech”
Plutarch
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.”
Henry David Thoreau
No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation ~
Daniel Webster
Loud speech, profusion of words, and possessing skillfulness in expounding scriptures are merely for the enjoyment of the learned. They do not lead to liberation.
— Adi Shankaracharya
