The story not only caters to everyone's inward yearning for success, but also emphasizes the inseparability of the process and the result. The reward of success will be much amplified if the path leading towards it is treacherous, and vice versa. If a person inherits his father's millions and leads an easy life, he is not a successful person even in material terms, because there are no difficulties involved in his achieving affluence. The term "success", to be sure. will not sit still for easy definition. But as I understand it, the true meaning of success entails a combination of both the process and the satisfactory result of an endeavor. To clarify my view, let me give another analogy.
If we changed the rules of football, greatly enlarged the goal and sent away David Seaman or any other goal keeper, so that another David, namely David Beckham, could score easily, then scoring would not give him the thrill of accomplishment and the joy that it brings. If we further changed the rules by not allowing Arsenal's defenders to defend, so that Beckham needed only to lift a finger, actually a toe, to score, then there would be no game at all, because the meaning of winning would have disappeared. In accepting the challenge, in surmounting the difficulties and in enduring the hardship, success acquires its value. The sense of attainment varies in proportion to the degree of difficulties on overcomes.
The concept of success is not constant but relative because the nature of difficulty is also relative. Something you do effortlessly might pose a great difficulty for a handicapped person. In acquiring the ability to do the same as you can, he or she achieve success. That's why we greatly admire Stephen Hawking, because, though confined to a wheel chair, he has contributed greatly to the field of science.
I myself, a rather shy person by nature who easily suffer from stage fright, had to pluck up great courage to take part in a speech contest like this. I could have stayed away and had an easy time of it by not entering the university level I chose to accept the challenge and to face the difficulties. Now here I am. If I come out first, it will be a great success for me. If I come out last-I hope this will not be the case-but if I come out last, I will not call my attempt a failure, but will also celebrate it as a true success, because part of my goal is my own character training-to do more assertive, to be brave in face of difficulties. For me, it is a meaningful step forward, small as it is, in the long journey toward the final success in my life, because I have truly gained by participating.
Let us return to our handsome young prince and the 4-step definition of success. You my have noticed that the usual worldly criteria of wealth, position and fame were not mentioned as part of the story, but rather, it emphasized the process of overcoming difficulties. The ancient wisdom had already defined the meaning of success, and this is my definition, too.
Thank you.
敬愛的老師，親愛的同學們，大家好!
今天我為大家演講的題目是《感恩，讓生命更美好》。
記憶的絲線已經纏去了十四個年頭，生命的大樹也已經有了十四圈小小的年輪。在這生命的十四個年頭裡，有朋友嘻嘻哈哈的身影，有老師孜孜不倦的教誨，更有父母無怨無悔的付出。
每年秋天，看著遷徙的候鳥成群結對的飛往南方，總是在想，他們是否遺忘了養育他們的北方?可是來年的春天，他們卻吱吱喳喳地出現在枝頭上呼朋引伴。這是否是感恩呢?他們循著心中的路，迴歸到養育它們的地方。
從我們呱呱落地，是吸吮著母親的乳汁離開襁褓;牙牙學語，是依靠著父親的指引說說笑笑;懵懂無知，是得到了老師的教匯出口成章;傷心痛苦，是有了朋友的幫助充滿信心。這一切的一切，我們都要感恩，感恩父母，感恩老師，感恩朋友，是他們，教會我們成長。
父母的愛，柔柔如水，輕輕如煙，深沉如海，恩重如山;老師的愛，純真似雪，靈秀似露，輕靈似溪，親切似霞;朋友的愛，溫暖若春，無私若雲，純潔若水，深厚若山。
但是這些比天高、比地厚的深情我們能體會到多少、又能報答多少呢?當我們用大聲的音調對著父母吼叫，當我們用自豪的態度逃課上網，當我們用敷衍的心情與朋友閒逛時，你們可曾想過他們?父母總是用輕鬆的語氣說我們坐下好好說，老師用耐心的口吻問我們為什麼，朋友用壓抑的神情問你想去哪裡……這些發生在我們身邊的事情還少嗎?
古往今來，感恩的故事數不勝數，古有子路養親遠負米，楊時程門立雪，俞伯牙摔琴寫知音……今有鄒尊喜背父上大學，張米亞展翅救學生，丁一鳴十年背朋友上學……這些故事，令我們感動，更令我們慚愧……朋友們，想一想在你的生活中，你為辛苦工作一天的父母端過一杯茶水嗎?你為教導我們一天的老師說過“您辛苦了”嗎你對幫助過你的朋友說過“謝謝你”嗎
父母的一生可能是平凡的，平凡的讓你不願在別人面前提起;老師的一生可能是普通的，普通的畢業以後就會忘記了;朋友的一生可能是清貧的，清貧的讓我們不願與他們往來。可就是這樣的人，在你跌倒的時候扶你起來，教你站立;在你困惑的時候為你講解，讓你成功;在你痛苦的時候為你開導，幫你恢復。他們，指引我們一步步走向成功。
朋友們，讓我們銘記人生中最重要的人的恩情，感恩他們的恩情，風雨人生路，讓感恩於我們同行!
The flower of life is the spring of life, it is beautiful, but short-lived. As a college student should study hard in this period, to make progress, to find their own piece of the sky. The youth is the hope of the motherland, the future of the nation. Every man is the master of his own tomorrow.
A philosopher said: "dream away a lot of road, or wake up in bed." it vividly tells us a truth: people cannot lie dream of the ideal life style. Yes, people not only have ideals, but also bold and fantasy, but also should try to do, in the ideal lay waiting for a new start, if not indefinitely, even already have will be lost. The students, whether you also dream of the ideal of a loss? The former goes, "interested person Li Zhi long, without the people who often aspire to, those people who" blog "is dream, is the so-called" ideal ", they painted their own blueprint for structure again Good, and then perfect, but also a castle in the air, mirage bale. The students, you are the people of long standing, or often determined people?
Finally, I want to end today's speech with the words of Liang Qichao: "wisdom is wise young country, young are rich, junior strong Guoqiang, juvenile progress is progress in the country, juvenile male on earth, the country male on earth." let us spread a sweat, go all the way to drink, chewing with a hard, let it continues to burn under the red flag; let every young people embrace their ideals in life's journey to continue to ride the wind and waves to forge ahead!
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