Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak.

Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

10241015 Lily

Good afternoon everyone. I am grateful for the chance to be here and give the presentation.

I guess most of you know that there is a lyrics saying “love really needs the courage to face the rumors and slanders”. But I am not going to talk about love and courage, that’s the poet stuff. What I shall be speaking today about is the courage to speak and listen.

Ok, first I want to conduct a simple survey here. Now, let’s suppose that we are having the English public speaking class, and I am Banjo, I want a person to give a speech here, to tell us your thought about our class and me, right now. who want to be the one?

Well , it seems like you prefer to sit down and listen to me instead of standing up to speak. And, now if I give you 2 choices , the first one is to stand up and say something, jokes, stories, news, whatever you like, for 5 minutes. The second one is you have to sit in the teachers’ office and listen to your most serious teacher criticize you, for one hour. If you choose the first one, hands up. And who would like to choose the second one?

Here we see, we do not only need the courage to love, and we also need the courage to speak and listen. Specifically, we need the courage to express our thoughts and ideas, and the courage to listen to criticism and different opinions.

Then, I want to share some experience of myself with you. This is the fourth time I stand here. Actually I don’t like to do this but I have to. I used to serve as a host of the art festival in my middle school for many times. Before having this class I thought it would be very easy to give a speech in the class. But I just forgot the speech should be given in English. It turned to be really difficult for me. People who have public speaking experience know that, few people can do it in calm mood confidently on the stage. But I have to make it. I just told myself, stand up, and everything will naturally go on. The only courage I need is to make me stand up. That’s enough.

And here, all of you, as listeners and my audience, sitting down and listen to me is not difficult. But as I just said, you may need some courage to listen to others’ criticism.

We all know that good medicine always tastes bitter. Good advice and criticism is the same. Maybe it sounds unpleasant, but accepting it will make you a better person. It is the same as standing up and speaking. You just need to tell yourself, sit down, calm down and listen. Well, every beginning is difficult. All the courage you need is to sit down instead of blocking your ears or even turning round and

leaving.

I hope I have made myself understood. By the way of conclusion, I’d like to share a quote of Churchill, ” Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

That’s all, thank you.

 

第二篇：丘吉尔的名言

丘吉尔的名言

邱吉尔的话：「我们若一直为过去而在现在纠缠不清，我们可能就会去失未來。我们应该让过去的事过去，才能迎向未來。」

邱吉尔名言：「不管任何代价，我们一定要生存下去」。

邱吉尔名言：「荣耀终将归于你们」

邱吉尔名言︰「现在并不是结束，结束甚至还沒有开始。但是现在可能是序幕的结束。」

邱吉尔名言： 战争时：坚决刚毅。失败时：顽强不屈。胜利时：宽容敦厚。和平时：友好亲善。

邱吉尔名言：真相需要诺言来保护.

邱吉尔：失去的，永远不会比你手上现在握住的多。

邱吉尔：宁愿只身在战场上杀敌，也不愿独自面对无理的人。

邱吉尔：暴风雨前的宁静，是在蕴酿接下来发生的事。

丘吉尔——要保持健康的身体，除了节食、安静这两位医生外，还有一位，就是快乐。

丘吉尔——一个人绝对不可在遇到危险的威胁时,背过身去试图逃避。若是这样做,只会使危险加倍。但是如果立即面对它毫不退缩,危险便会减半。

丘吉尔——应当惊恐的时刻，是在不幸还能弥补之时；在它们不能完全弥补时，就应以勇气面对它们。

丘吉尔——向前看总是明智的,但要做到高瞻远瞩并非易事。

丘吉尔——妥协的人是在喂一条鳄鱼希望它最后吃掉自己。

丘吉尔经典名言

“精神上兴趣的选择和培植是一个很长的过程。为了在一旦需要的时候，这些能使痉挛的神经恢复的果实可以信手拈来，种子就必须仔细地加以挑选，必须撒在良好的土壤上，必须小心周到地加以照料。”

“高尚、伟大的代价就是责任。”

“就人性来说,惟一的向导,就是人的良心。就死后的名声而言,惟一的盾牌,就是廉洁的行为和真挚的感情。”

“向前看总是明智的,但要做到高瞻远瞩并非易事。”

“一个人绝对不可在遇到危险的威胁时,背过身去试图逃避。若是这样做,只会使危险加倍。但是如果立即面对它毫不退缩,危险便会减半。”

“如果纠缠于过去与现在，我们将失去未来。”

丘吉尔经典名言

★如果纠缠于过去与现在，我们将失去未来。

★精神上兴趣的选择和培植是一个很长的过程。为了在一旦需要的时候，这

些能使痉挛的神经恢复的果实可以信手拈来，种子就必须仔细地加以挑选，必须撒在良好的土壤上，必须小心周到地加以照料。

★高尚、伟大的代价就是责任。

★现在并不是结束，结束甚至还沒有开始。但是现在可能是序幕的结束。 ★妥协的人是在喂一条鳄鱼，希望它最后吃掉自己。

★就人性来说，惟一的向导，就是人的良心。就死后的名声而言，惟一的盾牌，就是廉洁的行为和真挚的感情。

★向前看总是明智的，但要做到高瞻远瞩并非易事。

★精神上兴趣的选择和培植是一个很长的过程。为了在一旦需要的时候，这些能使痉挛的神经恢复的果实可以信手拈来，种子就必须仔细地加以挑选，必须撒在良好的土壤上，必须小心周到地加以照料。

★高尚、伟大的代价就是责任。

★就人性来说，惟一的向导，就是人的良心。就死后的名声而言，惟一的盾牌，就是廉洁的行为和真挚的感情。

★向前看总是明智的，但要做到高瞻远瞩并非易事。

★一个人绝对不可在遇到危险的威胁时，背过身去试图逃避。若是这样做，只会使危险加倍。但是如果立即面对它毫不退缩，危险便会减半。

★我对勇敢的声誉的渴求，甚于世上的一切。在冒险后我会更加睿智也会更加强壮的回来。

★人们必须牢记，当厄运降临时，它很可能是要把人从更大的不幸中拯救出来。

★不管任何代价，我们一定要生存下去。

★战争时：坚决刚毅。失败时：顽强不屈。胜利时：宽容敦厚。和平时：友好亲善。

★应当惊恐的时刻，是在不幸还能弥补之时；在它们不能完全弥补时，就应以勇气面对它们。

★要保持健康的身体，除了节食、安静这两位医生外，还有一位，就是快乐。 ★如果纠缠于过去与现在，我们将失去未来。

★一个人绝对不可在遇到危险的威胁时，背过身去试图逃避。若是这样做，只会使危险加倍。但是如果立即面对它毫不退缩，危险便会减半。