Talking Quotes

The swiftest horse cannot overtake the word once spoken.

Chinese Proverb

When you deliver a presentation, your goal should not be to “deliver a presentation”. It should be to inspire your audience, to move them, and to encourage them to dream bigger.

Carmine Gallo

I don’t care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.

Josh Billings

To talk is our chief business in this world, and talk is by far the most acceptable pleasure. It costs nothing in money; it is all profit, it completes education, founds and fosters friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.

Robert Louis Stevenson

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

George Jessl

Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.

Dorothy Sarnoff

Your voice matters.

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

Dale Carnegie

If I am to speak for ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now.

Woodrow Wilson

Purposes for which speech was given to us – giving or receiving information or pleasure.

Benjamin Franklin

When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.

Henry J Kaiser

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

Peter F Drucker

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Benjamin Disraeli

If you’ve heard this story before, don’t stop me, because I’d like to hear it again.

Groucho Marx

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 16:24

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

Abraham Lincoln

It is a law of nature that our thoughts and feelings are encouraged and strengthened as we give them utterance.

Ellen G White

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

Benjamin Franklin

You have a story to tell, a voice that matters, and experience unparalleled.

The chief ends of conversation are to inform or to be informed, to please or to persuade.

Benjamin Franklin

Blessed are those who listen, for they shall learn.