Quotes about Eloquence
Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.
- Max Lucado
It is not the bigness of the words you utter, but the force with which you deliver them.
- Charles Spurgeon
Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.
- Hannah More
Beauty should be the goal of your communication. Learn to speak with godly wisdom.
- Elizabeth George
Meaningful prayer is a matter of the heart, not the eloquence of the words.
- Elizabeth George
Some say once a word is said it's dead. I say it just begins to live that day.
- Emily Bronte
Language is powerful. Words matter.
- Eric Metaxas
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.
- Washington Irving
There are some causes sosacred as to carry with them an irresistible appeal to every virtuous bosom; and he needs but little power of eloquence, who defends the honour of his wife, his mother, or his country. I
- Washington Irving
The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
People want to follow someone with convictions, not questions. Smooth eloquence can never take the place of unwavering belief.
- Randy Singer
When I go hear a man speak, I like to hear him speak like he's fighting a swarm of bees.
- Abraham Lincoln