"Whenever you're facing any form of resistance, gratitude has the power to quickly dissolve it. This is true whether the hindrance comes from inside of you or outside of you."
Peggy McColl
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"Life is a narrative that you have a hand in writing."
-- Henriette Anne Klauser
A designer knows he has achieved perfection, not when there is nothing left to add,
but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The virtue of all achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.
A. J. Cronin
It's been a long time since I read A.J. Cronin. Nice to see this quote just in memory of enjoying his books. Regarding this particular piece - I certainly believe it applies to achieving mastery and certainly mastery of public speaking. We overcome nerves, we develop "muscle memory" through rehearsal, we learn to interact with an audience rather than just speak at them, and so much more. What has been your greatest victory over yourself in becoming a speaker?
"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."
Pearl S. Buck
... and it applies as well to public speaking as it does to any other kind of "work". I like to call it mastery and it's a great feeling.
"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves."
Dale Carnegie
"We are not what we know. We are what we are willing to learn."
-- Council on Ideas
The will to win is important. But the will to prepare is vital.
— Joe Paterno
I saw this quote somewhere else and thought it was good. I'm not American or into sport here in my own country, let alone in other countries, so didn't realise who I was quoting. Thanks for the comment, Richard. In no way do I support Joe, the man, but I have to leave the quote there because it is so true. As I said ... "And sometimes, in public speaking, (as, no doubt, in sport, we need to be reminded of the vital connection!!)"
I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . . but the women work most for it.
-- Frances Watkins Harper
More quotations about families => http://bit.ly/siNxqq
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson (bio)
