Fear Of Public Speaking Quotes

• According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Funny, Motivational, Death

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• 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

  Peace, Life And Love, Work

  D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.8192, Delphi Classics

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• 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

  Skills, Wish, Literature

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking”, p.94, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• It is said that the fear of public speaking is a fear greater than death for most people. According to psychiatrists, the fear of public speaking is caused by the fear of ostracism, the fear of standing out, the fear of criticism, the fear of ridicule, the fear of being an outcast. THE FEAR OF BEING DIFFERENT PREVENTS MOST PEOPLE FROM SEEKING NEW WAYS TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  People, Being Different, Criticism

  Robert Kiyosaki (2015). “Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!”, p.89, Robert Kiyosaki

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

  Mark Twain

  Kindness, Book, Communication

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.520, Courier Corporation

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• 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.

  Dana Perino

  Practice, Perfectly Normal, Trying

  Source: www.glamour.com

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

  Mark Twain

  Business, Communication, Skills Training

  Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.76, St. Martin's Press

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

  John Ford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Honesty

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

  Dionysius I of Syracuse

  Wisdom, Silence, Speech

  "Handy-book of Literary Curiosities". Book by William Shepard Walsh, 1892.

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• 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.

  Jason Wiles

  Book, Character, Cities

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• I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.

  Kevin James

  College, Class, Laughing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Evan Esar

  Art, Communication, Vocabulary

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

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Mediocrity, Painting, Public Speaking

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

  Annie Lennox

  Leaving, Flying, Rubbish

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• Know what you are talking about.

  Pope John Paul II

  Knowledge, Knowing Jesus, Talking

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• Know what you're talking about.

  George H. W. Bush

  Knowing Jesus, Talking, Scary

  George H.W. Bush (2013). “All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings”, p.99, Simon and Schuster

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• A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Self Improvement, Public Speaking, Orators

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• Say what you have to say, and then stop.

  Rudolf Flesch

  Public Speaking, Speaking In Public

  Rudolf Flesch (1949). “The Art of Readable Writing”

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

  Kumail Nanjiani

  Shy, Public Speaking, Fallen

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• 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.

  Albert Ellis

  Age, Eclectic Style, Public Speaking

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