--- title: "9 Great speakers Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Great speakers quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Great speakers sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_firsts_all-the-great-speakers-were-bad-speakers_827798.png" --- > [All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/all-the-great-speakers-were-bad-speakers-at-first/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_firsts_all-the-great-speakers-were-bad-speakers_827798.png) > [Great speakers are not born, they're trained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-carnegie/great-speakers-are-not-born-they-re-trained/) [Dale Carnegie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-carnegie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/dale-carnegie-382_born_great-speakers-are-not-born-they-re-trai_1787456.jpg) > [“All great speakers were bad speakers at first.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/all-great-speakers-were-bad-speakers-at-first/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_great_all-great-speakers-were-bad-speakers-at_2418314.png) > [ Donald Trump is horrendous, but he is also honest. Both Presidents \[Bill\] Clinton and \[Barak\] Obama were great speakers, but unrepentant mass… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-vltchek/donald-trump-is-horrendous-but-he-is-also-honest-both-presidents-bill/) [Andre Vltchek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-vltchek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd7/andre-vltchek-5249_barak-obama_donald-trump-is-horrendous-but-he-is-als_60672.jpg) > [Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baron-de-montesquieu/those-who-have-few-affairs-to-attend-to-are-great-speakers-the-less/) [Baron de Montesquieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baron-de-montesquieu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/baron-de-montesquieu-3012_affair_those-who-have-few-affairs-to-attend-to_1895965.png) > [I always think a great speaker convinces us not by force of reasoning, but because he is visibly enjoying the beliefs he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-butler-yeats/i-always-think-a-great-speaker-convinces-us-not-by-force-of-reasoning/) [William Butler Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-butler-yeats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/william-butler-yeats-350_accepting_i-always-think-a-great-speaker-convinces_127404.png) > [Bill Clinton was a very, very good speaker. But like many people who are great speakers and great thinkers and have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reich/bill-clinton-was-a-very-very-good-speaker-but-like-many-people-who/) [Robert Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/robert-reich-1333_ambition_bill-clinton-was-a-very-very-good-speake_2312102.png) > [I'm not necessarily one to be remembered as a great, great speaker in wrestling, but I want to share my feelings about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-kim/i-m-not-necessarily-one-to-be-remembered-as-a-great-great-speaker-in/) [Gail Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-kim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/gail-kim-4670_careers_i-m-not-necessarily-one-to-be-remembered_1888961.jpg) > [I know that one is able to win people far more by the spoken that by the written word, and that every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/i-know-that-one-is-able-to-win-people-far-more-by-the-spoken-that-by/) [Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/adolf-hitler-253_able_i-know-that-one-is-able-to-win-people-fa_2050560.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great-speakers/#itemlist", "name": "Great speakers Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/all-the-great-speakers-were-bad-speakers-at-first/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_firsts_all-the-great-speakers-were-bad-speakers_827798.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_firsts_all-the-great-speakers-were-bad-speakers_827798.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_firsts_all-the-great-speakers-were-bad-speakers_827798.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Great speakers are not born, they're trained.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dale Carnegie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-carnegie/great-speakers-are-not-born-they-re-trained/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/dale-carnegie-382_born_great-speakers-are-not-born-they-re-trai_1787456.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/dale-carnegie-382_born_great-speakers-are-not-born-they-re-trai_1787456.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/dale-carnegie-382_born_great-speakers-are-not-born-they-re-trai_1787456.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Great speakers are not born, they're trained.” — Dale Carnegie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“All great speakers were bad speakers at first.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/all-great-speakers-were-bad-speakers-at-first/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_great_all-great-speakers-were-bad-speakers-at_2418314.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_great_all-great-speakers-were-bad-speakers-at_2418314.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_great_all-great-speakers-were-bad-speakers-at_2418314.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All great speakers were bad speakers at first.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Donald Trump is horrendous, but he is also honest. 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