To say that a speaker is synonymous with motivational quotes can be perfectly right at times and completely wrong at other times. It mainly depends on the speaker. The most boring topic can be brightened by a speaker at a teamwork session or after dinner function from London to Dubai and Johannesburg to Cape Town. It is less about the actual words and more about the drive and speaking enthusiasm of the speaker at the function or international conference. Not to say that the creative and ethical use of inspirational phrases or more popular known as "motivational quotes" cannot be effectively used.  Motivational quotes in a speech by a speaker at the right time such as at the start of a powerful keynote address can set the course of the rest of the speech. If carefully selected you can close with one of the famous instructional motivational quotes and ensure that your audience will remember the message for a long time. Remembering the professional message of a speaker however, is only part of the success. The other part lies in the ability to motivate the listeners to act upon hearing a message. That is the art of motivation. As such a few famous motivational quotes freely available in books and on the internet are listed below to give you an indication of the power of words by practically any speaker.

Helen Keller: "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

Inscription on the Washington D.C. building: "They build too low who build beneath the skies."

William Boetcker:"You cannot raise a man up by calling him down."

Nido Qubein:"If what you're working for really matters, you'll give it all you've got."

Henry Ford:" Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success."

John Quincy Adams:"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

Roy Moody: "The greatest motivational act one person can do for another is to listen."

Benjamin Disraeli:"The secret of success is constancy to purpose."

Og Mandino:"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."

Zig Ziglar:"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

Robert Schuller:"Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary: impossible."

Charles F. Kettering:"The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress."

General S. Patton:"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."

Margaret Mead:"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has."

Our own foremost speaker and orator Estienne de Beer has been noted on several staff motivation occasions for using "how to" words to inspire. The art of using motivational quotes by a speaker at the right time is what can make the difference to your presentation or speech. Learn how to use them wisely at the next team building...

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