It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time.
-Wayne Burgraff
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
-Will Rogers
In waking a tiger, use a long stick.
-Mao Tse-Tung
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.
-George Bernard Shaw
A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.
-Ivy Compton-Burnett
Quotations About Life
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Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
-Brendan Gill
Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.
-Boris Pasternak
Life is just one damned thing after another.
-Elbert Hubbard
The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
-Ben Stein
Life isn't simple. But the beauty of it is, you can always start over. It'll get easier.
-Alacia Bessette
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
-Anna Quindlen
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
-Abraham Lincoln
Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
-Dolly Parton
Gossip is the devil’s telephone. Best to just hang up.
-Moira Rose
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
-Dale Carnegie
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
-Zig Ziglar
The goal of effective communication should be for listeners to say ‘Me too!’ versus ‘So what?'
–Jim Rohn
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, and to sit down and listen.
–Winston Churchill
It’s all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation.
–Rob Gilbert
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
–Martin Fraquhar Tupper
The most precious things in speech are the... pauses.
–Sir Ralph Richardson
The success of your presentation will be judged not by the knowledge you send but by what the listener receives.
–Lilly Walters
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
–Dale Carnegie