Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 298) – Charles de Gaulle
“Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.” Charles de Gaulle
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 173) – Martin Farquhar Tupper
“Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.” Martin Farquhar Tupper
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 172) – Mahatma Gandhi
“Proneness to exaggerate, to suppress or modify the truth, wittingly or unwittingly, is a natural weakness of man, and silence is necessary in order to surmount it. A man of few words will rarely be thoughtless in his speech; he will measure every word. “We find so many people impatient to talk. There is no […]
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 145) – Scott Berkun
“When I’m the speaker, I know that special moment [just before speaking] is the only time I will have the entire audience’s full attention. Unless an alien spaceship crash-lands on stage midway through the talk, the silence before I begin is the most powerful moment I have. What defines how well I’ll do starts with […]
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 35) – George Eliot
“Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving evidence of the fact.” George Eliot
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 17) – Dionysius of Halicarnassus
“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.” Dionysius of Halicarnassus
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