The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid – Claudia Lady Bird Johnson
It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time. – Wayne Burgraff
Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening. – Dorothy Sarnoff
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 doing the eulogy. – Jerry Seinfeld
A good speech is like a pencil; it has to have a point.
Well timed silence has more eloquence than speech. – Martin Farquhar Tupper
The success of your presentation will be judged not by the knowledge you send but by what the listener receives.
Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. – Stephen Keague
No audience ever complained about a presentation or speech being too short. – Stephen Keague
Once you get people laughing, they’re listening and you can tell them almost anything.
The worst speech you’ll ever give, will be far better than the one you never give. – Fred Miller
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. – Mark Twain
If you can’t write your message in a sentence, you can’t say it in an hour. – Dianna Booher
The best way to make a good speech is to have a good beginning and a good ending – and have them close together.
Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident. – Dale Carnegie
All great speakers were bad speakers at first. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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. – Paul Arden
If you can’t communicate and talk to other people and get across your ideas, you’re giving up your potential. – Warren Buffett
Great speakers listen to the audience with their eyes.
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