Margaret Chase Smith Quotes

I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.

Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.

The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart.

And how moving is the eloquence of the untaught when it is the heart that is speaking!

Smooth your way to the head through the heart. The way of reason is a good one: but it is commonly something longer, and perhapsnot so sure.

...sensation of rightness, of saying the right thing atthe right time to the right person, that too-raresensation of having the right thing to say and believing it.

Let your words be the genuine picture of your heart.

It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does impetuosity and impudence.

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

I believe verbal felicity is the fruit of ardor, of diligence, and of refusing to be false.

I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake I must forgive you.

Regardless of how funny I want to be, I don't ever have a problem speaking from my heart or speaking honestly to people.

If you do not hear music in your words, you have put too much thought into your writing and not enough heart.

Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves.

Only the prayer which comes from our heart can get to God's heart.

It is the heart which inspires eloquence.

A composition which dazzles at first sight by gaudy epithets, or brilliant turns or expression, or glittering trains of imagery, may fade gradually from the mind, leaving no enduring impression; but words which flow fresh and warm from a full heart, and which are instinct with the life and breath of human feeling, pass into household memories, and partake of the immortality of the affections from which they spring.

People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.

He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.

The poet should touch our heart by showing his own

I have never written a word that did not come from my heart. I never shall.

In general, my rule is find out where your heart is, then speak from the heart. People know the difference between that and something scripted.

Some of the greatest and most lasting effects of genuine oratory have gone forth from secluded lecture desks into the hearts of quiet groups of students.

Let eloquence be flung to the dogs rather than souls be lost. What we want is to win souls. They are not won by flowery speeches.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.