Napoleon Hill Quotes

I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.

It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.

Henry Clay's eloquence did not consist, as many fine specimens of eloquence do, of types and figures, of antitheses and elegant arrangements of words and sentences, but rather of that deeply earnest and impassioned tone and manner which can proceed only through conviction in the speaker of the justice and importance of his cause. This it is that truly touches the chords of sympathy; and those who heard Mr. Clay never failed to be moved by it, or ever after forgot the impression. All his [oratorical] efforts were made for practical effect. He never spoke merely to be heard.

You can have a five-page speech, and if the camera's not looking at you, you're not there.

Research indicates that a pause tends to be a signal that a cluster of deceptive cues is on its way. This is a key reason why voters routinely associate Trump with authenticity: He rarely pauses.

It's really the tone that people use to convey things sometimes that can either become a compliment or an insult. It's not always what you are saying, it's about how you say it.

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

In any interview, you do say more or less than you mean.

Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.

Speeches are much easier if you read them. I just find when I do that, it's harder to fire up the crowd.

Tone is often the most important part of a conversation - and listening is so much more important than what you say.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language.

I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn.

It's essential that you make eye contact with your audience. You've got to know what's happening out there.

When people walk in a room, the way they sit or they talk, that itself tells me a story.

Tone matters more than words.

The problem with some truth-tellers is that they don't do it in a way that makes people want to listen.

It's not just about the words you use, but the way you use them, and the message that puts over. Also your face too and the way you project your message. If you're telling the group to stay calm, be good, and you have beads of sweat dripping down your forehead, you're in trouble.

I did realise that when you talk with a straight face, you come across as someone bolder than somebody who bats her eyelids a lot.

It's not what you say, but how you say it!

With public speaking, practicing congruence is very helpful - allowing the words to be expressed with the face and body. It helps to think of simply "turning up the nonverbal volume."

The receipt to make a speaker, and an applauded one too, is short and easy. Take common sense quantum sufficit; add a little application to the rules and orders of the House [of Commons], throw obvious thoughts in a new light, and make up the whole with a large quantity of purity, correctness and elegancy of style. Take it for granted that by far the greatest part of mankind neither analyze nor search to the bottom; they are incapable of penetrating deeper than the surface.

An orator can hardly get beyond commonplaces: if he does he gets beyond his hearers.

The orator is thereby an orator that keeps his feet ever on a fact.