Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
Interpretation
Keep communication honest and to the point, then take your place and listen.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's quote emphasizes the importance of sincerity and brevity in effective communication. It suggests that when addressing an audience, one should be genuine and concise to hold their attention and convey the message clearly, followed by allowing others to contribute or respond, thus fostering a respectful and productive dialogue.
In practice
In a business meeting to emphasize the importance of concise presentations.
There has been one persistent theme through all Axis propaganda. This theme has been that Americans are admittedly rich, that Americans have considerable industrial power - but that Americans are soft and decadent, that they cannot and will not unite and work and fight. ... Let them tell that to the Marines!
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.
Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.
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Hold it more important to have the players' confidence than their affection.
I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.
The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work.
I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.
You turn if you want to. The Lady's not for turning.
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