Speaking Quotes

Speaking Quote of the day

I admit it: I am louder than the average human being and have no fear of speaking my mind. These traits don't come from the color of my skin but from an unwavering belief in my own intelligence.

Not the ones speaking the same language, but the ones sharing the same feeling understand each other.

Speaking in tongues is not enough.If we turn men from unchristian religions to christianity we must produce miracles which convince men that Christ lives and He is real today.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

If it excites you, if it makes you feel good, it's God speaking to you.

I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.

I have voices in my head, but they're all speaking Spanish, and I have NO idea what they're saying.

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.

Miracles are signs not to them that believe, but to them that believe not.

Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him?

shall I, for fear of feeble man who shall die, hold my peace? Shall I for fear of scoffs and frowns, refrain my tongue? Ah, no!

Publicity, publicity, PUBLICITY is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life.

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.

Any sort of plain speaking is better than the nauseous sham good fellowship our democratic public men get up for shop use.

I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can do with them.

Almost nothing need be said when you have eyes.

If two people can love each other without even speaking the same language, age and numbers are even easier to overcome.

In all my unhappiness I was moving, and suddenly, this moving became an expression, a speaking out

We are Americans, speaking the same language, adopting the same customs, holding the same general opinions... and shall rise and fall with Americans.

Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.

We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

[To the bishop who suggested the widowed queen now consider herself 'as married to Christ':] That's what I call twaddle!

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

It is the English-speaking nations who, almost alone, keep alight the torch of Freedom.

I believe that the most essential element of our defense of freedom is our insistence on speaking out for the cause of religious liberty.

If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.

When I'm 70 I might be a man in a park just wandering around, speaking in tongues with kids throwing bread at me.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

I write-down to speak-up.

There are leaders who know that however furious the debate, there are good men and women in all population groups - amongst blacks, amongst whites, and amongst Afrikaans and English speaking people.

Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.

To me, part of being an emcee is dedicated to speaking out about what's going on around us.

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

My seat has been the seat of kings, and I will have no rascal to succeed me.

I have had to pay a price for leaving Islam and for speaking out. I have to pay for round-the-clock security because of the death threats against me.

I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public.

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.

[To the heckler who said, 'If you were my wife I'd poison you':] No, you wouldn't. I'd do it myself.

Do not speak unless you can improve the silence.

Sometimes not speaking says more than all the words in the world.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

There was no one left to speak for me.

More men feel comfortable doing "public speaking," while more women feel comfortable doing "private" speaking.

What I do when speaking in public is trying to do it as best as possible and trying to make everybody comfortable with my words. Sometimes getting this is very difficult, but I try my best.

Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.