The document presents a collection of insightful quotes on public speaking from various speakers, highlighting the importance of clarity, sincerity, and emotional impact in communication. It emphasizes key themes such as the fear of public speaking, the power of words, and the art of effective delivery. Additionally, it underscores the necessity of preparation and the ability to connect with the audience.

1. Public Speaking Quotes
Top 20

2. A wise man speaks because
he has something to say, a
fool speaks because he has to
say something.”
Plato

3. Once a word has been
allowed to escape, it cannot
be recalled.
Horace

4. Grasp the subject, the words
will follow.
Cato The Elder Quotes

5. Rhetoric is the art of ruling
the minds of men.
Plato

6. Let thy speech be better than
silence, or be silent.
Dionysius Of Halicarnassus

7. 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.
Benjamin Franklin

8. Be sincere; be brief; be
seated.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

9. 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.
Winston Churchill

10. Broadly speaking, the short
words are the best, and the
old words best of all.
Winston Churchill

11. I’ve learned that people will
forget what you said, people
will forget what you did, but
people will never forget how
you made them feel
Maya Angelou

12. It usually takes me more than
three weeks to prepare a
good impromptu speech.
Mark Twain

13. There are only two types of
speakers in the world. 1. The
nervous and 2. Liars.
Mark Twain

14. Speech is power: speech is to
persuade, to convert, to
compel.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

15. Fear paralyses you – fear of
flying, fear of the future, fear
of leaving a rubbish marriage,
fear of public speaking, or
whatever it is.
Annie Lennox

16. Words ought to be a little
wild for they are the assaults
of thought on the unthinking.
John Maynard Keynes

17. Be still when you have
nothing to say; when genuine
passion moves you, say what
you’ve got to say, and say it
hot.
D.H. Lawrence

18. If I went back to college
again, I’d concentrate on two
areas: learning to write and
to speak before an audience.
Nothing in life is more
important than the ability to
communicate effectively.
Gerald R. Ford

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

20. According to most studies,
people’s number one fear is
public speaking. Number two
is death. Death is number
two. Does that sound right?
This means to the average
person, if you go to a funeral,
you’re better off in the casket
than delivering the eulogy.
Jerry Seinfeld

21. Knowledge speaks, but
wisdom listens.
Jimi Hendrix

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