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

John Ford
Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say
what youve got to say, and say it hot. -D. H. Lawrence
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. -Dionysius Of
Halicarnassus
What we say is important for in most cases the mouth speaks what the
heart is full of. -Jim Beggs
If you cant write your message in a sentence, you cant say it in an hour. Dianna Booher
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one
you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave. -Dale
Carnegie
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu
speech. - Mark Twain
A good orator is pointed and impassioned. -Marcus T. Cicero
Oratory is the power to talk people out of their sober and natural opinions. Joseph Chatfield
He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but
in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the
power of sense. - Joseph Conrad

There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your
subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject
into the heart of your audience. - Alexander Gregg
The success of your presentation will be judged not by the knowledge you
send but by what the listener receives. - Lilly Walters
If you dont know what you want to achieve in your presentation your
audience never will. - Harvey Diamond
Best way to conquer stage fright is to know what youre talking about. Michael H Mescon
There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2.
Liars. - Mark Twain
No one ever complains about a speech being too short! - Ira Hayes
90% of how well the talk will go is determined before the speaker steps on the
platform. - Somers White
It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time. Wayne Burgraff
The most precious things in speech are the pauses. - Sir Ralph
Richardson

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. - Martin Fraquhar

Tupper
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made
them feel. - Carl W. Buechner
The problem with speeches isnt so much not knowing when to stop, as
knowing when not to begin. - Frances Rodman
Words have incredible power.
They can make peoples hearts soar,
or they can make peoples hearts sore.
-Dr. Mardy Grothe
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. -Ralph
Waldo Emerson
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a
rightly timed pause. - Mark Twain

These are 25 quotes that every writer on oratory as well as every orator need to have in his or her
repertory of quotes. The one by Martin Fraquhar Tupper, Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than
speech. is a special favorite of mine because Im always telling the new speakers that I mentor to pause
when speaking as an alternative to using filler words when they need a moment to gather their thoughts.
A well-laced pause can add dramatic impact to a speech while filler words do nothing but detract from
the quality of ones speech.