Abraham Lincoln Public Speaking Quote Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Education Quote I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.
Abraham Lincoln Punctuation Quote I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.
Abraham Lincoln Communication Quote When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
Abraham Lincoln Influence Quote With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
Abraham Lincoln Communication Quote Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Abraham Lincoln Interpersonal Relationships Quote I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.
Gautama Buddha Communication Quote Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha Conflict Quote In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
Gautama Buddha Expression Quote The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.