“There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.” – Dale Carnegie: 20th century American writer, lecturer and self-improvement expert
“There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience” – Alexander Gregg: famous 19th century American Episcopal Bishop
“Speech is power: power to persuade, to convert, to compel.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson: 19th century American essayist, poet and champion of individualism