Category: Quotes
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Mingus – Creativity
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, that’s creativity.
– Charles Mingus
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Brainiac – The Moments We Have
Heroes are made in the moment. Not in regretting the past, nor in fearing the future.
– DC’s Brainiac
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Kingsley – Doing vs. Dreaming
Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make life, death, and the vast forever one grand, sweet song.
– Charles Kingsley
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Rochefoucauld – Superfluity
True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.
– La Rochefoucauld.
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Robinson – Rules for Speakers
Dos
– Be prepared.
– Speak distinctly.
– Look your audience in the eyes.
– Favor your deep tones.
– Be logical.Don’ts
– Don’t be afraid of your voice
– Don’t forget your audience can think.
– Don’t be ashamed of your own opinion.
– Don’t cover too much ground
– Don’t forget to practice.First Aid
– Be prepared and don’t rely on inspiration.
– Have a definite purpose.
– Avoid irrelevancy.
– Be sincere, earnest, and enthusiastic.
– Don’t hurry into your subject.
– Wait for attention.
– Begin in a conversational tone but loud enough to be heard.
– Don’t force gestures.
– Cultivate the straight-forward open eye.
– Don’t walk about while speaking.
– Don’t be didactic.
– Good diction is the passport recognized by everyone.
– Cultivate a genial manner.
– Pauses are of great oratorical value.
– Read aloud and regularly.
– The best way to learn to speak is to speak.– Walter Robinson
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Framework – Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm makes men strong. It wakes them up, brings out their latent powers, keeps up incessant action, impels to tasks requiring strength; and these develop it. Many are born to be giants, yet few grow above common men, from lack of enthusiasm. They need waking up; if set on fire by some eager impulse, inspired by some grand resolve, they would soon rise head and shoulders above their fellows. But they sleep, doze, wait for public sentiment, cling to the beaten paths, dread sacrifices, shun hardships, and die weaklings.
– Theological Framework
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