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Quotations, Quotes - public speaking

How to end a speech

It's quite simple. Say what you have to say and when you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending, sit down”

Winston Churchill

churchill statue

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conversation, inspiration, Quotations

Talking of misfortunes

"Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there is never any recourse to the mention of it." -- Samuel Johnson

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Books, Quotations, Reading

Whenever you read a good book …

Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.

–Vera Nazarian

Human headed lions, Nineveh, near present day Mosul, Iraq

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inspiration, Quotations

Power to turn a life around

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

Leo F. Buscaglia

kindness1

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inspire audiences, Quotations

The price of success

"I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen."

––Frank Lloyd Wright

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direction, Goals, ideals, inspiration, Quotations, stars

Ideals are like stars …

"Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you reach your destiny." Carl Schurz

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Quotations, Reading

Reading – intensely alive

“Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.”

Ezra Pound

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attitude, inspiration, Quotations

Changing your disposition

"I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition." Martha Washington

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Books, Quotations

… the quietest and most constant of friends

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

~Charles W. Eli

used books

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decide, decisions, inspiration, Quotations

Decide

"People who make decisions go to the top. Those who fail to make decisions go nowhere."

--Bob Proctor

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