How time flies! Who is able to give a definition to his future ? I know
clearly that those high buildings are based on solid foundation . As a student
, I should have a reasonable aim , and study hard . My goal is to enter the
best university for further study after middle school . I know it’s hard work
, and I ’ll come across many difficulties and frustrations . But no matter
what they are , I’ll keep working on it and never give up . My teacher says
there ’s only one kind of people that are truly successful : those who are
brave enough to put up with hardships . Even if I won’t achieve the goal , I
have no regrets for what I have done , for I have struggled for my life .
Ladies and Gentlemen , Good afternoon! I'm very glad to stand here and
give you a short speech. today my topic is “youth”。I hope you will like
it , and found the importance in your youth so that more cherish it.
First I want to ask you some questions:
1、Do you know what is youth?
2、How do you master your youth?
Youth
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind ; it is not rosy cheeks
, red lips and supple knees, it is a matter of the emotions : it is the
freshne; it is the freshneof the deep springs of life .
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the
appetite , for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of
60 more than a boy of 20 . Nobody grows old merely by a number of years . We
grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years wrinkle the skin , but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul .
Worry , fear , self –distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to
dust .
Whether 60 of 16 , there is in every human being 's heart the lure of
wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the
game of living . In the center of your heart and my heart there's a
wirelestation : so long as it receives messages of beauty , hope ,cheer,
courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long as you are young .
When the aerials are down , and your spirit is covered with snows of
cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old ,even at 20 , but as
long as your aerials are up ,to catch waves of optimism , there is hope you
may die young at 80.
Thank you!