Bruce Barton Quotes

With my natural communication abilities, I could probably gather a crowd even without the Spirit.

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.

I wish I could talk like Donald Trump or Steve Wynn. Hell, I'd love it.

The longer I live, the more I have come to value the gift of eloquence. Every American youth, if he desires for any purpose to get influence over his countrymen in an honorable way, will seek to become a good public speaker.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

Power comes through public persuasion.

Kennedy understood something that is not so obvious, and that is that words are more important than deeds. You can’t govern 300 million people—or 180 million when Kennedy was president—by doing things. You can only do it by rhetoric.

People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you.

Learning how to be persuasive has been really crucial to my life both professionally and personally.

My dad wasn't the best speaker like a Bill Clinton, or a Henry Kissinger, but he had character.

It is the first rule in oratory that a man must appear such as he would persuade others to be: and that can be accomplished only by the force of his life.

When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

I know that one is able to win people far more by the spoken that by the written word, and that every great movement on this globe owes its rise to the great speakers and not to the great writers.

There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king.

I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.

Nobody has a magic lamp which can tell you in advance whether what you say will be effective in persuading an audience.

Most people don't have the power of persuasion.

In every debate, whatever the format, whatever the questions, there is one and only one way to identify the winner: Who commands the room? Who drives the narrative? Who is in charge?

Some politicians that I've seen have been brilliant with the public. They almost speak with the skill of an actor.

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

Being very, very honest, I've watched more Bill Clinton speeches than stand-up specials. Steve Jobs commencements. They're just great orators. I love people who boldly share their point of view.