Eloquence Quotes

Eloquence Quote of the day

Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin'd, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.

What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.

What I am seeking... is a motionless movement, something equivalent to what is called the eloquence of silence.

In oratory affectation must be avoided; it being better for a man by a native and clear eloquence to express himself than by those words which may smell either of the lamp or inkhorn.

Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any.

Eloquence is logic on fire.

It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.

I've often thought, I'm nobody. Why would God answer my prayer? But God's not impressed by eloquence; he's impressed by our longing for him.

The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.

Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.

Our common future is badly served when the eloquence of our attack on the other fellow exceeds the energy with which we cooperate with them.

No amount of scholastic attainment, of able and profound exposition of brilliant and stirring eloquence can atone for the absence of a deep impassioned sympathetic love for human souls.

A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.

Forensics is eloquence and reduction.

Eloquence, when in its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

He was created of a mother whom He created. He was carried by hands that He formed. He cried in the manger in wordless infancy. He, the Word, without whom all human eloquence is mute.

The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.

Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man.

As the grace of man is in the mind, so the beauty of the mind is eloquence.

Take eloquence and wring its neck.

I admire Obama, and I like him. I think he has a great deal of talent. He should be applauded for his eloquence and for his ability to motivate millions.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Eloquence the soul, song charms the senses.

Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

Prends l'e loquence et tords-lui son cou! Take eloquence and break its neck!

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

Continuous eloquence wearies.

Creative expression requires an ability to work with feelings and channel them. Frustration, dissatisfaction, and even a sense of desperation may help you access an eloquence you never knew existed.

Nothing is so improving to the temper as the study of the beauties either of poetry, eloquence, music, or painting.

That silence is one of the great arts of conversation is allowed by Cicero himself, who says, there is not only an art, but even an eloquence in it

Fluency avoids hard thoughts.

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

. . . if [writing] lift you from your feet with the great voice of eloquence, then the effect is to be wide, slow, permanent, over the minds of men; . . .

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.

Let eloquence be flung to the dogs rather than souls be lost. What we want is to win souls. They are not won by flowery speeches.

Language is in decline. Not only has eloquence departed but simple, direct speech as well, though pomposity and banality have not.

No words suffice the secret soul to show, For truth denies all eloquence to woe.

Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society