Hope you enjoy my collection of quotations about speech. You can also use these speech quotes and sayings in your public speaking and presentation.
“Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.” - Publilius Syrus
"I have often regretted my speech, never my silence." - Unknown
“The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.” - Buddha
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." - Plato
“Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.” - Charles M. de Talleyrand
"In communications, familiarity breeds apathy:" - William Bernbach
“Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening” - Dorothy Sarnoff
“Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.” - Gore Vidal
“Communication is the real work of leadership.” - Nitin Nohria
“A person's character is revealed by their speech” - Greek proverb
“Communication is depositing a part of yourself in another person.” - Unknown
“Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.” - William Penn
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” - Mother Teresa
“All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.” - Robert Louis Stevenson
“Good communication does not mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences and paragraphs. It isn't about slickness. Simple and clear go a long way.” - John Kotte
“Examine what is said, not who speaks” - Arabian Proverb
“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well” - John Marshall
“The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use” - Washington Irving
“Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...” - Lawrence Clark Powell
"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
“It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.” - Henry David Thoreau
“It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.” - Mark Twain
"The problem with speeches isn't so much not knowing when to stop, as knowing when not to begin." - Frances Rodman
“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes
"But I... never could make a good impromptu speech without several hours to prepare it.".- Mark Twain
“What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks” - Romanian Proverb“Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.” - Publilius Syrus
"I have often regretted my speech, never my silence." - Unknown
“The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.” - Buddha
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." - Plato
“Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.” - Charles M. de Talleyrand
"In communications, familiarity breeds apathy:" - William Bernbach
“Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening” - Dorothy Sarnoff
“Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.” - Gore Vidal
“Communication is the real work of leadership.” - Nitin Nohria
“A person's character is revealed by their speech” - Greek proverb
“Communication is depositing a part of yourself in another person.” - Unknown
“Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.” - William Penn
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” - Mother Teresa
“All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.” - Robert Louis Stevenson
“Good communication does not mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences and paragraphs. It isn't about slickness. Simple and clear go a long way.” - John Kotte
“Examine what is said, not who speaks” - Arabian Proverb
“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well” - John Marshall
“The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use” - Washington Irving
