“Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I’d try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.” — James Earl Jones

“So by the time I got to Michigan, I was a stutterer. I couldn’t talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year, and then those mute years continued until I got to high school.” — James Earl Jones

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

James Earl Jones

 He stuttered so severely that he barely spoke until an English teacher noticed he had a talent for writing and poetry in high school.
The teacher began having Jones recite poetry in front of his classmates, which helped him overcome his speech impediment