Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

Merely stating a truth isn't enough. The truth has to be made vivid, interesting, dramatic. You have to use showmanship.

This is a hurried age we're living in. If you've got anything to say, say it quickly, get to the point and stop, and give the other man a chance to talk.

Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.

Practice, practice, practice in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told.

You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.