Toastmaster Quotes & Sayings

One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing. — Byron Nelson

Maybe if I could slip into Sylvia's mind, sort out the spices in her rack, alphabetize them and dust them off. Maybe then I'd understand how it's the little things that pull you under. — Kelli Russell Agodon

They don't need a lawyer, they need a toastmaster. — Edward Bennett Williams

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. — Oprah Winfrey

Happiness moves you forward, but pain keeps you balanced. — Jewel E. Ann

Self-defense is a part of the law of nature;
nor can it be denied the community,
even against the king himself. — William Barclay

I'm an American songwriter, and I write from a very American perspective, and so did the records I grew up listening to. — Jenny Lewis

A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.46 — Walter Isaacson

I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows. — Drew Barrymore

His temper, always so close to the surface these days, was rising again. — J.K. Rowling

I think,' said the little Queen, smiling, 'that your friend must be the richest man in all the world.' 'I am,' returned the Scarecrow; 'but not on account of my money. For I consider brains to be far superior to money, in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of days.' 'At the same time,' declared the Tin Woodman, 'you must acknowledge that a good heart is a thing that brains cannot create, and that money cannot buy. Perhaps, after all it is I who am the richest man in all the world.' 'You are both rich, my friends,' said Ozma gently; 'and your riches are the only riches worth having - the riches of content!' - The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 192 chapter 24 — L. Frank Baum

The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast. — Clarence Budington Kelland

In this world of many consequences, people help people to achieve or to fail, take care of whom to trust. — Auliq Ice

The effort to calculate exactly what the voters want at each particular moment leaves out of account the fact that when they are troubled the thing the voters most want is to be told what to want. — Walter Lippmann

The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it. — Adlai E. Stevenson

The true value of communication is often not so much what you say to each other but the simple, powerful fact that you care enough to say something to each other so often. — Johan Bruyneel