Fear Of Public Speaking Quotes

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you’ve got to say, and say it hot.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

Know what you’re talking about.

If you have a crippling fear of public speaking, recognize that that is perfectly normal. And know that the only way to get over those nerves is to fully understand the material, the points, the policy you are trying to explain – and then practice it a little bit.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

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.

I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public.

Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up.

I was always a clown. In the eighth grade I won a city speech contest by doing an Eddie Murphy routine. I’m no good at public speaking, but if I can assume a role and speak as that person, then I’m fine. When I had to give a book report, I always did it in character.

A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

Know what you are talking about.

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.

Say what you have to say, and then stop.

Fear paralyses you – fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.