A silver microphone stands in amber light against dark red curtains.

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Richard Whately

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Speak from conviction, not from obligation. The advice separates a message that exists because someone must fill time from one that exists because the speaker holds something worth sharing. Real substance should come first, and only then does the act of addressing an audience deserve to happen.

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