Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

If we speak poorly about that which we do well... people will assume we perform poorly!

Avoid Arguments Like Rattlesnakes And Earthquakes

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health and our happiness. Our enemies would dance with joy if only they knew how they were worrying us, lacerating us, and getting even with us! Our hate is not hurting them at al, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil.

There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.