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Famous Speeches
Words are the elemental building blocks of speeches. I've included some of my favorite quotes about words. Collection of Famous Speeches Index
Oprah Winfrey - Commencement Speech for Stanford Class of 2008 (full written transcript and video) - is a very inspirational speech for any new graduate seeking to find his or her way in this world. Has very good advice! Steve Jobs (Apple co-founder) - Graduation Speech for Stanford Class of 2005 (full written transcript and video) - is a very motivational speech for any new graduate with Steve telling 3 teaching stories from his life. Must see! Return to Inspiration Oasis Home Page - from Famous Speeches Editor's Favorite Quotes about Words
"Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs." "Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is." "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." "No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous." "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." "To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks." "The words we say will teach if we practice what we preach." "But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned." "Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken." "Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." Return to Index Famous Speeches "It is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn." "Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after." "The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug." "I am annoyed by individuals who are embarrassed by pauses in a conversation. To me, every conversational pause refreshes." "Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence." "The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that profit anyone?" "Don't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters." "Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people." "Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill." "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man." "One half the troubles in this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough." "If you think little of a person, you ought to say as little as you think." "Great minds talk about ideas, Average minds talk about things, Small minds talk about other people." "Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is." Return to Index Famous Speeches Return to Inspiration Oasis Home Page - from Famous Speeches
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The Dash
It's not the date you were born, or the date you died, that really matters. It's "the dash" between those years and what you do with it, to make a difference with your life.
