Speeches quotes

Mother Teresa: "I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.". Walt Disney: "All our dreams can come true—if we have the courage to pursue them.". Dr. Seuss: "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.".

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another. Sophocles. One Thing Much Thing Another. We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action. Sarojini Naidu. Courage Action Sincerity Want. You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable.

Long quotes, like long speeches, will leave your audiences yawning. To open your speech, you may want to grab your listener’s attention with a short quotation or aphorism. If you are giving a talk about dream casting or goal-setting for example, here’s a fine quotation: “If you know what you want, you can have it.”

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action. Demosthenes Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. Benjamin Franklin Freedom of speech means freedom for those who you despise, and freedom to express the most despicable views.