Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there. -Bo Jackson

“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.” -Dionysius Of Halicarnassus

“What we say is important… for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” -Jim Beggs

“It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.” - Mark Twain

“There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.”

“Oratory is the power to talk people out of their sober and natural opinions.” - Joseph Chatfield

Toastmasters Meeting Tuesday March 5th, 12:00 Room 384!

The most precious things in speech are the pauses.- Sir Ralph Richardson

“The problem with speeches isn’t so much not knowing when to stop, as knowing when not to begin.” - Frances Rodman

“Words have incredible power. They can make people’s hearts soar, or they can make people’s hearts sore.” -Dr. Mardy Grothe

“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” - Mark Twain

“Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson