Quotes about Eloquence

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?

The aim of forensic oratory is to teach, to delight, to move.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

A good preacher should have these properties and virtues: 1. Teach systematically 2. Have a ready wit 3. Be eloquent 4. Have a good voice 5. Have a good memory 6. Know when to make an end 7. Be sure of his doctrine 8. Venture and engage body and blood, wealth and honour, in the Word 9. Suffer himself to be mocked and jeered of every one

These are the three things, it is commonly said, that mark a good preacher; first, that he take his place; secondly, that he open his mouth and say something; thirdly, that he know when to stop.

There were so many fellows ranked over me I couldn't just whoop them all. I had to out-shadow them by talking.

“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”

The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.