Speaking Quotes

In order to create an alternative an oppressed group must at once shatter the self-reflecting world which encircles it and, at the same time, project its own image onto history.

Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it.

Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first!

I enjoy my public speaking. That's what I love doing. It's what I'm good at.

Thought before word. Never word before thought.

I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.

If you don't know what it is you're looking for you're NEVER going to find it. You have to be clear on what it is you're seeking.

More women speaking up and seizing the helm of power can create its own momentum. It can change the culture that helps perpetuate those external forces.

I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.

You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love. Or you can start speaking up.

Do not speak unless you can improve on silence, said a Buddhist sage.

I'm going to keep speaking out about what Donald Trump says, because I'm getting messages from leaders around the world who are just bewildered. They want to know what's going on.

Anyone who's making a huge impact or speaking out about what they believe in or who's brave enough to be themselves is a superhero to me.

It's much easier to be convincing if you care about your topic. Figure out what's important to you about your message and speak from the heart.

A lack of common sense usually ends in some heroic feat, much like the soldier who dives onto the grenade so that others may live.

Don't make excuses. Make commitments and stick to them.

Beware of the conversationalist who adds "In other words."

Speaking up for America has become a lonely ordeal.

When there is violence against any person in society, because he or she is different, it threatens us all. Only by speaking out are any of us safe.

In oratory the greatest art is to hide art.

When I do public speaking, I ask the audience, "Who has a family member, a neighbor, a friend with some form of disability?" Every single hand goes up. We're all connected.

People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks.

What makes me vulnerable is speaking up about topics that may be controversial to others.

I've learned the importance of speaking up for myself and voicing my opinions and my ideas. I'm definitely a shy person.

A man never becomes an orator if he has anything to say.

It's very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.

WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES when we go against our instincts? What are the consequences of not speaking out? What are the consequences of guilt, shame, and doubt?

Only by glaring into the depths of ones own reflection can we find our true selves. It is here where the mirrored voices of our souls speak and can be heard.

What good was speaking when I'd determined none of the world listened to one another, especially not when a woman was speaking.

You don't talk quite like a girl who has had no advantages.

Clearly she was expected to say something, but panic at having to speak stole the thoughts from her head.

I do have to travel a lot for speaking engagements.

That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

When you start at catering college, nobody prepares you for a book tour or public speaking.

An orator can hardly get beyond commonplaces: if he does he gets beyond his hearers.

In public speaking, we must appeal either to the prejudices of others, or to the love of truth and justice. If we think merely of displaying our own ability, we shall ruin every cause we undertake.

I think I always enjoyed the energy of a crowd, of being onstage. It started when I was even younger doing public speaking at school and just kept going from there.

I am the only living person in the English speaking world who didn't have the Narnia books as a child.

I wouldn't call it a silver lining, but with more women speaking up, online harassment is beginning to be taken more seriously.

The first rule for speaking well is to think well.

I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a fear of speaking in public back then.

I've received some English-speaking scripts, but I was not interested in them.

A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.

I stand and listen to people speaking french in the stores and in the street. It's such a pert, crisp language, elegant as ruffling taffeta.

I want to do public speaking and cause campaigning. I want to write a book.

Everything has to come through the senses, as though the soul is speaking out through the senses.

I'd like people to like me. I think most of my friends like me! I'm real and I get in trouble for speaking my mind. I will definitely tell you the truth because I have to. I get in trouble that way.

I hated speaking in public. I would miss school just so I wouldn't have to do it.

Speaking out is important for me because everyone should be treated equally.

Speaking in tongues is as normal to me as 'Pass the salt' It's a secret, direct prayer language to God.