Impromptu Speaking Topics

  1. The person I admire the most…
  2. Animals know more than we think they do.
  3. Less is more.
  4. To be grown up is a state of mind.
  5. Real wealth is never measured in money or possessions.
  6. Politics is war.
  7. Real men love theater.
  8. Conservation is survival.
  9. Real love is not the stuff of pop songs.
  10. Junk food can ruin your health.
  11. To err is human. To forgive is divine.
  12. The world is getting smaller all the time.
  13. Bullies never win.
  14. Goals are good for you.
  15. The most important lesson of my life so far...
  16. If I ran this school…
  17. I have a closet full of memories.
  18. Too err is human.
  19. If cats or dogs ruled the world…
  20. Winter: only the strong survive.
  21. Ill health begins in the mind.
  22. Laughter is the best medicine.
  23. Team sports build strong individuals.
  24. Fools and their money are easily parted.
  25. Money is over-rated.
  26. Discipline is not a dirty word.
  27. Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.
  28. There ought to be a law…
  29. Children learn what they live with.
  30. Poverty is a state of mind.
  31. Youth is over-rated.
  32. Television is a vast wasteland.
  33. In what situation is lying a good idea?
  34. Kindness is the greatest gift.
  35. Part time jobs are never part time.
  36. Does love make the world go round?
  37. What human quality do we need more of and why?
  38. No good deed goes unpunished
  39. How we look is unimportant.
  40. Fashion victims I have known.
  41. Pets are for people who don't have children.
  42. Fast food is dangerous.
  43. Summer is the best and worst of times.
  44. The media controls how and what we think.
  45. Advertising targeting children is immoral.
  46. Talking to someone and talking with someone are two different things.
  47. Real learning doesn't occur in a classroom.
  48. What would you rather be - wise or intelligent?
  49. True wisdom comes from experience.
  50. A sense of humor is essential.
  51. Hearing is not the same as listening.
  52. Manners matter.
  53. Children should watch less television.
  54. Art is essential to life.
  55. Peace is possible.
  56. “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” - John F. Kennedy
  57. “War is not nice.” Barbara Bush
  58. "What Doesn't Kill You Can Have Lingering Aftereffects!" Al Franken
  59. "If a man does his best, what else is there?" General George S. Patton
  60. "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." Sir Winston Churchill
  61. "Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right." Henry Ford
  62. "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." Walt Disney
  63. “Don't let schooling interfere with your education.” Mark Twain
  64. “Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.” Mark Twain
  65. “Life is a long lesson in humility.” James M. Barrie