Dale Carnegie Quotes

I think nobody wants to hear a sermon. Well, some people do, but maybe not through music or not with me. No one wants to hear me give a speech that way.

Why would you get up there and bore people? I never have figured that out. These people are supposedly in the entertainment industry, and they finally get up there to that podium and they become the most boring people in the world.

A good talker, even more than a good orator, implies a good audience.

I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn.

I would rather speak to 500 men that would give me their attention that to 100,000 that would not.

Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.

An orator can hardly get beyond commonplaces: if he does he gets beyond his hearers.

Consider the public. Never fear it nor despise it. Coax it, charm it, interest it, stimulate it, shock it now and then if you must, make it laugh, make it cry, but above all never, never, never bore the living hell out of it.

An effective speaker knows that the success or failure of his talk is not for him to decide - it will be decided in the minds and hearts of his hearers.

The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction.

You have to be aware of who you're talking to in an audience.

If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.

I take pride in having something to say, which people actually want to hear.

Ultimately, the best speakers are the ones who have put 10,000 hours into listening.

I have to satisfy my audience.

Long speeches work if they’re filled with substance.

A campaign appearance is judged much like that of an actor. Is the performance persuasive? Not what is said, and I find that too bad.

I know what to say, how to say it, how to bring profile to the issues I care about and people want to listen to me.

One thing that I have noticed is that whatever be the function, however poignant or serious, the audience always prefers a speech laced with a bit of humor.

The most important thing is that you don't bore the audience.

I can't recall a bad review - maybe I'm due one. But the worst thing would be if somebody said I was inaudible. Reach your audience's ears - only then can you reach their hearts.

You could be the World's greatest orator and if you don't say anything while orating, they are going to walk out on you after a while.

Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer.

Persuasive communication involves enthusiasm, animation, audience participation, authenticity and spontaneity.

It is delivery that makes the orators success.