Quotes Added in September 2007

Never, never, never let words come out of your mouth when your eyes are looking down.James Humes

• speech
• oratory

Make a point, tell a story. Make another point, tell another story. Make yet another point and tell yet another story. That is the essence of public speaking.Bill Gove

• speech
• oratory

The short words are best, and the short, old words are the best of all.Sir Winston Churchill

• writing
• words

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.William Strunk Jr.

• writing
• words

To overcome writer's block, get something - anything - down on paper. Don't wait for perfection to issue forth. Since the key to good writing is rewriting, give yourself something to edit.James Freund

• writing

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.Mark Twain

• writing

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.Rene Descartes

• philosophy
• doubt

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.Bertrand Russell

• doubt

Not doing the things we know we should do causes us to feel guilty and guilt leads to an erosion of self-confidence. As our self-confidence diminishes, so does the level of our activity. And as our activity diminishes, our results inevitably decline.Jim Rohn

• self esteem
• discipline
• confidence
• guilt