Henry Villard Quotes

Tap into people's emotions. We've all been put to sleep by a speaker who just gives the facts. You must tap into people's feelings.

If you can't move the audience, they don't want you.

Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.

You don’t address their brains. You address their hearts.

In order to move others, I must be moved.

I have to have the 'umph.' I've got to feel it, because if it's not getting through to me, the audience sure as hell aren't going to feel it either.

I think human beings probably resonate with audiences more than bunnies, but who knows?

All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it, I just can't do it.

The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them.

I feel so much feedback in a very profound way from the 10,000 people who are listening to me, watching me. I just get this deep sense of what works and what doesn't work.

The doom of a nation can be averted only by a storm of flowing passion, but only those who are passionate themselves can arouse passion in others.

Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.

It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.

A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol, which both of us connect with the common sentiment or idea; and thus by communicating an impulse he can move the will.

Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something that people want.

Mr. Lincoln is one of Nature’s orators, using his rare powers solely and effectively to elucidate and to convince, though their inevitable effect is to delight and electrify as well.

The best way to get people to connect with an issue is to humanize it. You can do so much more powerfully with music and touch the heart.

I understand that I'm able to connect with people; I have an emotional bonding with people. My strength lies in my ability to tell stories and to touch people's hearts and to move them.

To me, it's important to try and make an emotional connection with the audience.

If leadership is about listening, the great political speeches would have been a little different.

I was all about touching people and influencing people, I always been that type of person. I was the one teaching people things, I just always had a way with my words and I always spoke with substance.

I can move any crowd.

When I stand up in front of groups of people who agree with me, I know I have to really step my game up because I can't just sort of meet them where they're at; I have to take them somewhere else. They want you to challenge them and have good ideas.

Challenge the mind and capture the heart.

Making those around you feel invisible is the opposite of leadership.