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If you can't help all of them, help at least one

~ Mother Teresa

Who will you help with your speaking today? Which one person?

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.
--Harold Taylor

I have always loved this quote ... I like the thought of words taking on their own energy.

Sometimes I feel they do, and that is when they truly can engage an audience ... or assault the unthinking.

Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking.

John Maynard Keynes

The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. - Socrates

There may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in publick than want of resolution: he may have nothing to say.

Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

Could this be the reason so many people fear impromptu speaking?

Love this - I will file it - not sure where I can use it in my speaking, but I hope the opportunity arises. In the meantime, .... I can share it with you!!

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

G. K. Chesterton

‎"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing
I know: the only ones among you who will really be
happy are those who have sought and found how to serve."
Albert Schweitzer

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Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

Pearl S. Buck

... and of course every speech or presentation is communication - hopefully even a conversation.

... but does self-expression need to turn into communication to be fulfilled? Can one express oneself just for the sake of creating something, for learning mastery? What about the value of a journal that no-one ever reads but that is so cathartic, and supportive of personal growth?

Am I missing something?

The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us.

- Marianne Williamson

“The foundation of confidence in virtually every field is preparation.” —Brian Tracy