"All the great speakers were bad speakers..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.
More by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.”
“Today is a king in disguise.”
“The poor and the low have their way of expressing the last facts of philosophy as well as you. "Blessed be nothing," and "The worse things are, the better they are," are proverbs which express the transcendentalism of common life.”
More on Public Speaking
“If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loudly. Do not compound mispronunciation with inaudibility”
“Best masters for the young writer and speaker are the fault- finding brothers and sisters at home who will not spare him, but willpick and cavil, and tell the odious truth.”
“Perhaps it is the lowest of the qualities of an orator, but it is, on so many occasions, of chief importance,--a certain robust and radiant physical health; or--shall I say?--great volumes of animal heat.”
More on Practice
“I cannot give active support in the war effort without denying a life-time of practice.”
“Ahimsa is no mere theory with me, but it is a fact of life based on extensive experience.”
“The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice.”