My Favourite Quotations About Speeches and Presentations

When you start your small business, you will quickly become aware that there are many other little, but really important things as addition to the creation of the value that your small business will ship to the customers.

Before several months, I have talked with an entrepreneur who has started the business and she becomes really disappointed when she discovered that the knowledge she possessed is not enough for successful running a small business. She needs a web designer for the business website, she needs an accountant who will manage finances, she needs to handle different invoicing options…

No one ever complains about a speech being too short! ~ Ira Hayes.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. ~ Martin Fraquhar Tupper.
Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners. ~ Dale Carnegie.
The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops… until you stand up to speak in public. George Jessel.
Words do two major things: they provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness. ~ Jim Rohn.
If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought. ~ Dennis Roth.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know. ~ Jim Rohn.
Think like a wise man, but communicate in the language of the people. ~ William Butler Yeats.
When speaking in public, your message – no matter how important – will not be effective or memorable if you don't have a clear structure. ~ Patricia Fripp.
It's alright to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation. ~ Rob Gilbert.

11. Begin with the end in mind. ~ Dr Stephen R. Covey

All the great speakers were bad speakers at first. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across. ~ Guy Kawasaki.

14. Your ability to communicate with others will account for fully 85% of your success in your business and in your life. ~ Brian Tracy

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. ~ Dale Carnegie.
If you don't know what you want to achieve in your presentation your audience never will. ~ Harvey Diamond.
Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident. ~ Dale Carnegie.
It's the space you put between the notes that make the music. ~ Massimo Vignelli.
90% of how well the talk will go is determined before the speaker steps on the platform. ~ Somers White.
A talk is a voyage with purpose and it must be charted. The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there. ~ Dale Carnegie.
Light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak. ~ Albert Einstein.
To communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world, and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. ~ Tony Robbins.
If you're not comfortable with public speaking – and nobody starts out comfortable; you have to learn how to be comfortable – practice. I cannot overstate the importance of practicing. Get some close friends or family members to help evaluate you, or somebody at work that you trust. ~ Hilary Clinton.
The goal of effective communication should be for listeners to say "Me too!" versus "So what?" ~ Jim Rohn.
Speak clearly, if you speak at all. Carve every word before you let it fall. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes.
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool speaks because he has to say something. ~ Plato.
The best speeches come from the heart and reflect your passion. Speak as if your life depended on it. ~ Rave Robinson.

28 Communication works for those who work at it. ~ John Powell

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Words have incredible power. They can make people's hearts soar, or they can make people's hearts sore. ~ Dr. Mardy Grothe.
Be sincere, be brief, be seated. ~ Franklin Roosevelt.
You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart. ~ John Ford.
The success of your presentation will be judged not by the knowledge you send but by what the listener receives. ~ Lilly Walters.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, and to sit down and listen. ~ Winston Churchill.
All speaking is public speaking, whether it's to one person or a thousand. ~ Roger Love.
Speeches measured by the hour die with the hour. ~ Thomas Jefferson.
If it scares you it may be a good thing to try. ~ Seth Godin.

38 If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. ~ Albert Einstein

The problem with speeches isn't so much not knowing when to stop, as knowing when not to begin. ~ Frances Rodman.
You are not being judged, the value of what you are bringing to the audience is being judged. Seth Godin.
Picture yourself in a living room having a chat with your friends. You would be relaxed and comfortable talking to them, the same applies when public speaking. ~ Richard Branson.
Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot. ~ D. H. Lawrence.
Best way to conquer stage fright is to know what you're talking about. ~ Michael H. Mescon.
Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. ~ Robert Greenleaf.
There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience. ~ Alexander Gregg.
Make sure you have stopped speaking before your audience has stopped listening. ~ Dorothy Sarnoff.

But, it is not enough for successfully running your small business. As an entrepreneur, you will need continuously to work on developing new knowledge, skills and experience at a much higher speed than ever before.