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.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the disparity between our expectations and reality in public speaking.
Dale Carnegie's quote emphasizes the complexity of communication and the inner dialogue that often accompanies public speaking. It suggests that for every speech delivered, there are two other versions: one that was rehearsed and may never see the light of day, and another that reflects the speaker's ideal aspirations. This reflects on the nature of self-criticism and the quest for improvement in oneβs expressive abilities.
In practice
In a workshop on public speaking, you might say this quote to encourage participants to embrace their mistakes.
When I asked him -Mr.Henry Ford- if he ever worried, he replied: "No. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe that every-thing will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
Becoming is the action that births our womanhood, rather than passive act of being born (an act none of us has a choice in). This short, powerful statement assured me that I have the freedom, in spite of and because of my birth, body, race, gender expectations, and economic resources, to define myself for myself and for others.
Revenge by young men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men who stay at home in times of war, and mothers who have sons to lose, know better.
Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before, But vaster.
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
As a society, we're failing to recognize something my dad knew to be true - that kindness is the greatest show of strength. Too often, we are led to believe that strength is best demonstrated by exerting dominance or superiority over others, while kindness is portrayed as the opposite - a sign of weakness.
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