Thank you very much, Elaine. We thank your family for their service and sacrifice. We will always support you.
In the past few years, I have almost traveled all over the United States with extraordinary honor. Wherever I go, I see the truest American spirit from the people I see and the stories I hear. I see this in people's incredible kindness and enthusiasm for me and my family, especially my daughters.
I saw in the oath of teachers in a school district on the verge of bankruptcy that they would not accept any money and insist on teaching.
Under the sudden emergency call, people become heroes and jump into disasters to save others.
I saw it when I flew across the country to put out the fire and drove for hours to help the flooded town.
Our uniformed men and women and wounded soldiers in proud families told me that they would not only stand and walk again, but also run and even take part in marathons.
On a blind young man in Afghanistan-
I would rather lose my eyes a hundred times for what I have done and will do. I saw it so lightly. Every day, the people I meet inspire me.
Every day, they make me proud.
Every day, they remind me how happy I am to live in the greatest country on earth. It's my honor and luck to be you.
But when we first got together four years ago, I still had doubts about our upcoming journey.
I am full of confidence in my husband's vision of the motherland.
I also believe that he will be an excellent president.
But like all mothers, I am worried about what it will mean to our daughters if he is elected. In the spotlight, how can we keep them down to earth?
How did they feel when they were forced to leave their familiar homes, schools and friends?
Before we moved to Washington, our life was full of simple happiness. On Saturday, we went to watch a football match, on Sunday, at my grandmother's house, and on my date night with Barack. We can either go out for dinner or go to the movies, because as an exhausted mother, I really can't eat and watch movies without dozing off.
To tell the truth, I like the life we created for our daughter. I love the person who created this life with me, and I don't want to change because he becomes president. I like Barack the way he is. You see, even though Barack was already a senator and presidential candidate at that time, to me, he was still the one who picked me up on a date in a rusty old car. Through the hole in the passenger side door, I can almost see the passing road. He is still the man who regards the coffee table turned out in the trash can as his greatest property. The only decent pair of shoes is a man half a size smaller than his feet.
However, when Barak began to tell me about his family-at that moment, I knew that I had met a like-minded soul whose values and growing experience were strikingly similar to mine.
As you know, the two families who raised Barack and me didn't have much money or material wealth, but they gave us more precious things-unconditional love, fearless sacrifice, and opportunities to achieve goals they never imagined.
My father is a pump operator in the city waterworks. My brother and I were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when we were very young.
Even when I was young, I knew that he was often tortured by diseases. I know that there are many mornings when just getting up is a painful struggle for him. However, every morning, I see my father wake up smiling, holding his walker, supporting himself with the bathroom sink, shaving slowly and tying his uniform. Then, after a long day's work, my brother and I will stand at the top of the stairs leading to my small apartment and wait patiently for him to come home. We watched him bend down, lift one leg, and then slowly climb the stairs to welcome us. No matter how difficult it is, my father never takes a day off.
He and my mother are determined to give me and my brother the education they dream of.
When my brother and I finally went to college, almost all our tuition fees came from student loans and subsidies.
But my father still has to pay a small part of our tuition out of his own pocket. Every semester, he insists on paying tuition on time, and even prefers to borrow money when he is short of money. He is proud to send his children to college.
He never lets us miss any registration deadline because my father's check is late.
You see, for my father, this is the responsibility of being a man. Like many of us, this is his way of measuring success in life-whether he can let his family live a decent life through work. When I got to know Barack, I found that although he grew up on the other side of America, his growth experience was strikingly similar to mine.
Barack grew up in a single-parent family. His mother works hard to maintain her family life, and when she is really unable to support her, her grandparents will also lend a helping hand.
Barack's grandmother first worked as a secretary in a community bank. She was promoted quickly, but like many other women, her promotion was ultimately restricted by gender.
Over the years, those male employees who are not as capable as her-in fact, they are male employees trained by herself-have been promoted to higher positions than her and earned more and more money, while the Barak family can barely make ends meet. But day after day, she still got up early to catch the bus and got to the company earlier than anyone else.
She always tries her best, never complains and never regrets.
Moreover, she often tells Barak: As long as your children live well, Pakistan, nothing else matters. Like many American families, our two families are very satisfied.
They don't envy others' success, and they don't care whether others have more than them.
In fact, they are grateful for it.
Bao Qingtian and Bao Zheng, smart and studious since childhood, especially like to solve crimes by reasoning. His father was in close contact with the magistrate, and Bao Zheng learned a lot about solving crimes since childhood, especially the case of burning a temple and killing a monk. Bao Zheng peeled silk according to the clues at the scene, found out the suspect, pretended to be the prince, examined the truth, and assisted the magistrate in arresting him. He worked hard to learn the knowledge of law and punishment, which laid a deep knowledge foundation for solving crimes and vindicating the people like a god when he grew up.
Wan Sitong, a famous scholar and historian in the early Qing Dynasty, participated in the compilation of Twenty-four History, an important historical book of China. But Wan Sitong was also a naughty boy when he was young. Wan Sitong was criticized by the guests because he was naughty and lost face in front of them. In a rage, Wan Sitong overturned the guest's desk and was put into the library by his father. Wan Sitong went from being angry and disgusted with reading to thinking behind closed doors. Inspired by the Book of Tea, he began to study hard. In a blink of an eye, more than a year has passed. Wan Sitong has read many books in the library. His father forgave his son, and Wan Sitong understood his father's kindness. After long-term efforts, Wan Sitong finally became a well-known scholar who was familiar with history books, and participated in the compilation of Ming History in Twenty-four History.
Jules verne is a world-famous science fiction writer, but few people know how depressed jules verne was when he published his first work! Here is an unforgettable experience of Verne:
/kloc-one morning in the winter of 0/863, Verne had just finished breakfast and was about to go to the post office when he suddenly heard a knock at the door. He opened the door and saw a postman.
The postman handed a bulging bag of mail to Verne. Verne had a premonition that something was wrong when he saw such an email. This is the fourteenth time he has received such an email since he sent his first science fiction novel "Five Weeks in a Balloon" to various publishing houses a few months ago.
He opened the letter with trepidation and wrote, "Mr. Verne, after we read the manuscript, it is not going to be published, so I hereby return it."
Every time I see such a rejection letter, Verne's heart is full of colic. This is the fifteenth time and has not been adopted. Verne knew at this time how much the "owners" of those publishing houses looked down on the anonymous author. He swore angrily that he would never write again.
He picked up the manuscripts and went to the fireplace to burn them. His wife came over, grabbed the manuscript and held it tightly in her arms. Verne, while Yu Nu was still alive, said he would burn the manuscript.
His wife used her quick wits to comfort her husband with caring words. "Dear, don't lose heart. Try again. Maybe you can get lucky this time. " After listening to this sentence, Verne's hand holding the manuscript slowly dropped. He was silent for a long time, then accepted his wife's suggestion and picked up this big bag of manuscripts to try his luck in the sixteenth publishing house.
I didn't fail this time. After reading the manuscript, the publishing house immediately decided to publish the book and signed a 20-year publishing contract with Verne. Without the guidance of his wife and the courage to "try again", we may not read Verne's popular science fiction at all, and mankind will lose an extremely valuable spiritual wealth.
Inspirational Story Speech 51874165438+1On the night of October 30th, Blenheim Palace in London was brightly lit, and a group of noble men and women danced here. Suddenly, a lively and beautiful aristocratic lady repeatedly shouted that she had a stomachache, and people quickly helped her to the nearby temporary women's locker room. Winston Churchill, a premature baby, came into this world in an unusual way.
Churchill is a descendant of Marbarrow, a prominent British aristocratic duke. Apart from the royal family, there are no more than 20 duke families in Britain, among which the Mabalo family ranks tenth as a knight. Churchill's mother Jenny, the daughter of American millionaire Jerome, married Churchill's father Randolph on 1873, and Randolph died on 1895124 at the age of 46. Although Jenny is over 40 at this time, she is still beautiful and charming. Soon, she had the idea of marrying a 25-year-old man. However, once the news came out, it was immediately opposed by many relatives and friends. Just as Jenny was about to give up, Jenny's 25-year-old son, Churchill, the same age as the man his mother was going to marry, held her hands tightly: "Dear mother, even if the whole world is against you, I will bravely stand on your side, so please be brave." The firm and encouraging eyes of her son made Jenny put on a white wedding dress without hesitation.
But this marriage didn't last long. 10 years later, Jenny's son Churchill entered politics with his outstanding talents. Jenny, 60, will hold her wedding again. This decision was strongly opposed by everyone, especially my son's opponents. Jenny hesitated. This time, unlike the last time, Churchill was ambitious and capable of realizing his lofty ideals since he was a child. She doesn't want to delay her son's future because of herself. However, to his surprise, his son held her hand again: If I had to choose between my career and your happiness, I would choose the latter. Please don't worry. I am happy only if my mother is happy. Jenny once again entered the marriage hall with great happiness. At the wedding, her son stood beside her as strong as last time, and on the other side was the groom who was 36 years younger than his son. Many people may accept their mother's two marriages. In the face of heavy pressure, Churchill accepted people of his own age as stepfathers twice, which required an open mind.
On August 5th, 1908, a surprising news was published in the London newspaper: Mr Winston Churchill, a 33-year-old cabinet trade minister, was engaged to Miss clementina Hosea, a 23-year-old. The wedding day was very lively, full of guests, singing and laughing. The witness was Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and his best choice was one of his staunch opponents in the House of Commons, including Lord Hugh Cecil. At that time, Churchill carried out a series of social reforms that won the support of workers, and the aristocratic groups including Lord Hugh Cecil resolutely opposed these reforms. This reflects a very interesting feature of British political life: people can curse each other in the House of Commons and political gatherings, like enemies, but they can become friends and relatives in their personal lives and respect each other. Although they are public enemies in political life, this does not prevent them from being brothers in private life. Engels also said this in his "Speech at Marx's Tomb": "Marx is the most hated and vilified person in contemporary times. And I dare say: he may have many enemies, but he may not have a personal enemy. " How intriguing is this cultural phenomenon in modern western countries.
Tolerance is more important than freedom! This tolerance comes from respect for everyone's rights: although I don't agree with your point of view, I firmly defend your right to express; Although I don't support your action, I will resolutely defend your freedom of legal action!
Inspirational Story Speech Article 6 Dear teachers and students:
Hello everyone! The topic of my speech is "Diligence Makes Brilliance".
Trekking through the mountains of Shu, we need to tread a road leading to the summit with diligent steps in the boundless wilderness. Learning to go boating in the sea requires unremitting efforts to raise the ideal sail. The flower of success, people only marvel at its present brilliance. However, at the beginning, its bud was full of blood and soaked with tears of struggle! Then who accompanied it through the long and difficult road of life? -Diligence! It is diligence that lifts its colorful sails, drives the rudder of its life and tells it to go on bravely. Only in the river where sweat gathers can the boat of the cause sail to the other side of the ideal; Brilliant tomorrow is the fusion of sweat and blood today! This great man, who stands at the peak of science, shows us not only fruitful results, but also the symphony of sweat and tears, telling the world about the cocoon marks left on the horizon and the footprints covered with Shan Ye, which embodies the true meaning of "being diligent in life"! 2 1 century, you are young, talented and diligent. Please don't let the chasing boat dock in the quiet harbor. Let's ride the long wind, raise the ideal sail and cross the ocean! However, my friends, you should know that if you leave the hard-working motherland, the seeds of talents will not find the future of Chunrong, Xiahua, Qiushi and Su Dong, and your tomorrow will be withered seeds buried in fertile soil. From the palace of my life, it will just be a row of dangerous walls swaying in the wind!
At this moment, do you still need to hesitate and hesitate? Move it. Take our diligent steps, walk out of the boundless wilderness and walk out of our own golden road! Let's build the splendor of the hall of life on the basis of diligence under the urging of the old man of time!
Thank you!
People who always win are under great pressure because they are afraid of losing; People who keep losing simply give up on themselves.
In contrast, we seem to have made some progress, but we have lost ourselves in the group: we can't find ourselves in tense interpersonal relationships and daily life, and we can comfortably show ourselves and develop our potential.
When a person who is used to winning suddenly loses, he will question the world.
However, true success is not comparison.
A reporter visited the president of the world's largest hotel chain and asked him: "You 14 years old dropped out of school to be a waiter and washed dishes and collected tableware in the hotel, but you climbed to this position step by step, and the people you used to work with may still wash dishes and collect tableware in small restaurants-do you know that you will fall behind them?"
"I don't know, I really don't know," the president said with a smile. "To be honest, I really didn't see anyone else when I went up."
He never compares his colleagues who wash dishes and collect dishes with him. He only saw the way he should go. If he just wants to be the best waiter in a bunch, he may still be the head waiter.
Don't neglect your own characteristics and path because you want to win. This is what every truly successful person understands.
Don't forget that you only want to conquer Mount Everest because you slipped on the hillside.
Under vicious competition, more will be lost. My friend provided a short story about her life:
"My math has always been poor, always much worse than other subjects, not that I don't work hard, but that I really have no talent. I have to strengthen the recitation of various subjects to make up for the lack of mathematics. In this case, my book is not bad.
"Everyone knows that I am not good at math. So, I got a hundred points in a monthly math exam, and everyone looked at me in surprise, as if I had cheated. In fact, I have worked very hard to study this math field that I am still interested in. The best math student in our class, however, when she learned that I got 100 and she only got 97, she cried in public and accused me of getting 100 because the teacher leaked the question ... because I once had counseling with the problem teacher. She cried so loudly that I was at a loss. ...
"This is junior high school, but I still remember; Later, I went to Taipei to study, and the college entrance examination was accepted by the first choice, but I heard that this female classmate didn't get into the university. When I went home, I met her at the railway station. I hesitated and decided not to say hello to her, lest she ask me where I was admitted and then cry in public! As if where I'm sorry she ... "
Maybe "worse" just means that you still have a "better" road. Being "worse" now does not mean that you will not be "better" in the future.
Coach's Law: The real sense of accomplishment in life is not obtained by comparison. It's not necessarily meaningful to argue for length.
Just like the green bell has more water, it will not grow better than the ivy. Too much water will only rot its roots. Even if moss wins too much sunshine, it will not shine as brightly as sunflower.
Comparison may be inevitable, but don't turn into vicious competition, then we will find that we will lose more.
In almost every university in the United States, graduation ceremony is a big "bright spot". They pay attention to ostentation and extravagance, and most of them also contain history and tradition. This is even more obvious in Harvard, the oldest university in the United States.
Our graduation ceremony will always be fixed in the "300-year Theater", located in the boundless green between Harvard Memorial Hall and Whitener Library. Usually Harvard has two speeches every year: one is the graduation anniversary speech and the other is the graduation ceremony speech. The former precedes the latter and belongs to the fresh graduates of Harvard College. The speaker was elected by the senior students' committee. This kind of speech is generally called "funny speech". Some famous comedians and humorists told some funny jokes in their speeches, which made us laugh our heads off and made our parents blush.
Graduation speeches that make all graduates feel like spring breeze are almost "serious" and are decided by Harvard Alumni Association. School administrators can't make decisions, and who will give a speech depends on the wishes of students and alumni, reflecting their interests and value orientation. Some people will say that the commencement speech is a "spiritual indicator" to observe the Harvard community.
The speech you think of may be a sermon to convince graduates to become future leaders and dominate the world, but the Harvard commencement speaker is the last person to encourage us to look forward to and achieve our goals in life.
When I graduated in 20xx, the speaker on the anniversary was former President Bill Clinton, and the speaker at the graduation ceremony was Bill Gates. One was once the most powerful person in the world, and the other was once the richest person in the world. If these two people don't talk about power and money, what will they talk about?
Clinton mentioned a concept: I was made by you. That is, people are not isolated from the world, but a part of society. He also said that we should not pursue personal success as individuals, but strive for the well-being of our brothers and sisters all over the world. AIDS in Africa does not only belong to Africa, nor does the tsunami in Indonesia belong to Indonesia-we should not regard it as "them" but as "us". He urged us to "spend as much time, love and energy as possible to think about that 99. 9% people. "
Bill Gates talked about how he and his wife Melinda asked themselves, "How can we use the resources we have to benefit the most people?" . He is committed to promoting innovative capitalism. Among them, market forces can better serve the poor, giving a convincing explanation: how to use complex modern technology and innovation to benefit enterprises and governments, so as to save lives and improve the lives of developing countries.
He challenged us: With your excellent diplomas, talents and talents, can you cope with major global issues and contribute to the happiness of more people? He also sent us farewell wishes: "I hope that in the future, you will judge yourself not only by your professional achievements, but also by your efforts to change the world ... and how you treat people who are far away from Qianshan and have nothing in common with you except being a human being."
Two completely different people, two identical speeches.
You may ask: Why? But I will ask: Why not? As top university graduates with "good jobs", we have young vitality and social recognition-we have nothing to lose. We may think that we are invincible and superior, so we are in danger of losing our humility and empathy for all mankind. But it is precisely because of this advantage that we can always serve the most challenging vision with the best preparation and devote ourselves to the most frustrating goals.
This is not to ask us to sacrifice health, wealth or happiness for others. In fact, we should and must act for the common interests of all mankind, not only through personal sympathy and pity, but also through innovation and creation at the level of dreams and Excellence. We don't have to give up our lives. On the contrary, we can improve our lives by striving for the happiness of more people.
I think that graduates from famous schools, who are in a unique position and rich in resources, should go all out for the world we are in now and the world on which future generations depend. I hope that graduates all over the world will also accept this challenge, lower their bodies and work hard for it.
Inspirational Story Speech Article 9 Dear students:
Hello everyone!
The topic of my speech today is "Suffering is also a kind of wealth".
During the college entrance examination, a candidate wrote this passage: I once complained that yellow-soled shoes could not step out of youthful vitality until I found that Hawking's wheelchair was embedded with deep historical traces; I once cursed that the dark birthmark on my face could not reflect a beautiful face until I saw a black man with a dark body and a sweet smile. ...
Maybe you complained that God was playing tricks on people. He is stingy with your happiness, but he lets the pain torment you. Day and night, you are exhausted and all you get is hot tears. But when you lift the heavy veil, you will clearly see that God is actually fair and suffering is also a kind of wealth.
Someone has done this experiment before. After counting a red sheep in a mountain forest, he caught all the wolves in the mountain, leaving the red sheep without enemies. It stands to reason that Red Sheep should live a leisurely and happy life, but it backfires. Red sheep fought for a small piece of land or even a piece of grassland, and changed from a neat team to a fragmented team.
After the battle, Red Sheep was exhausted. In the past, there has never been a vigorous flying red sheep in this mountain forest, and the number of red sheep is gradually decreasing. What is the reason?
Because people caught the wolf, the red sheep had no animals that threatened their lives. They killed each other until they died and lost the crisis. At the same time, it also lost its vitality. It can be seen that in the ecological environment, there will be no ecological balance system without suffering.
Zhang Haidi lost consciousness from the chest down, but these difficulties didn't crush her. On the contrary, she had a bigger goal, learning and mastering German, Japanese and English. Why can she do things that ordinary people can't do easily? Because she suffered great setbacks, but at the same time, she turned setbacks into motivation, made setbacks her slaves, and overcame hardships again.
Life is like a rough piece of jade, which is the greatest wealth God has given you. There are ups and downs in this rough jade, and happiness may come only after pain. This is the greatest opportunity that God gives you. Only by working hard to carve this rough jade can it become a perfect work of art.
Students, when you encounter setbacks and difficulties, you might as well think about it. God is fair, and sometimes suffering is also a kind of wealth.
My speech is over, thank you!