Francis Chan Quotes

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.

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

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

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

I [Moses] am not a man of words.

Most great leaders are theatrical by nature.

The capacity to persuade is an essential part of being a great leader.

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

God and my dad gave me the gift of gab. I know how to finagle.

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.

Some directors have the gift of the gab, but I don't.

The skill set of pastor and comedian are incredibly similar. You want to affect people. You're good at reading rooms. You're persuasive, and you're likable.

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

I can move any crowd.

When I talk, people listen.

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.'

Yes, Haven, most of us enjoy preaching, and Ive got such a bully pulpit!

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.

The subject is said to have the property of making dull men eloquent.