If you have some idea you believe in, don't listen to the croaking chorus. Listen only to what your own inner voice tells you.

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.

Every day I pray. I yield myself to God and the tensions and anxieties go out of me and peace and power come in.

Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.

The thing is to get the work done.

When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary." If there is some point you haven't thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention.

A talk is a voyage. It must be charted. The speaker who starts nowhere, usually gets there.