Quotes About Eloquence

The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.

The world belongs to the articulate.

Books -where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas

I am writing like an angel

ElocvenÈ›a, când nu e declamaÈ›ie de împrumut, e prisos de evlavie; aÈ™a c?, într-o epoc? de necredin??, elocvenÈ›a nu-È™i g?seÈ™te loc.

I allowed silence its eloquence.

there is no better moment in life than finding the right word.

Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.

So speak to influence. Don't speak to call a flower yellow. Speak

Ce minunat, ce minunat de simplu e s? po?i spune c? dragostea te aduce aproape de Dumnezeu.

When men speak, they should say that which does not go in at one side of the head and out at the other. Their words shouldn't be feathers, so light that a wind which does not ruffle the water can blow them away.

However old-fashioned and right-wing this may sound, the American genius for language lies in understatement, in saying things simply, pointedly and quickly, and in making new and clean and swift what otherwise might be ponderous, round and slow.

If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.

A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it.

Lincoln was not an intellectual, but no one in 200 years understood the language of the King James Bible or learned Blackstone's Laws of England, or Cicero, or the language of the Founding Fathers, better than he did.

Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence; intelligence is greater than philosobabble.

the matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice ...

If you can't impress them with your argument, impress them with your actions.

State first, subject second, statesman last.

A Man of wisdom is one who discusses everything other than his achievements, a Fool speaks only of his achievements

Coat your words with honey if you want to catch bees.

The eloquence of the pen is just as sharp as the point of a sword.

Nothing is more memorable than truth beautifully told.

Beauty should be the goal of your communication. Learn to speak with godly wisdom.