英语即兴演讲题目及范文合集20篇

Success Is What？What is successThis is an old topic. However,However, everyone’s  understanding of success is quite different. Some people think that having money, house, car, a woman is successful. Some people think that success is doing something that you want to do. Some even deny the existence of success, he thinks this world is not successful, only the endless pursuit.So I want to make a new definition of success: Success is something that people are very eager to do good things gained a sense of satisfaction and excitement. Therefore, we do things, no matter big and small, as long as you want to do, and through your efforts made, and you happy, then you succeeded. Do not look too far successful, they should not be too easy to see success, success requires your effort. Those who believe that successful people do not exist, in fact, continue to define new goals, they will from what they have done to get happy, they succeeded.(

In order to become successful, you should first of all be both perseverance and hardworking. As you know, whatever you do, there are always two possible results: success and failure. When you fail, you should never lose heart. On the contrary, you must build up your confidence and work even harder. You should always keep in mind that perseverance is the mother of success and industry is the key to it. In addition, you should pay great attention to your work method. It is necessary for you to sum up your experience constantly and improve the efficiency of your work. Finally, it is important for you to get along well with your co-workers, care for each other and help each other. If you follow these principles, you will certainly achieve remarkable success in thefuture.

In my opinion, success means achieving brilliant results in ones work, that is, making outstanding contributions to the development of the country and bringing happiness to the people. So my conclusion is that even if one has made great progress in what he does, I don’t think there’s any reasons for him tobeconceited.

Directions：For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on thepicture below。You should focus on theimpact of social networking websites on reading。

看图作文

“I love reading。 I read about 3 hours aday。

My favorite book is Facebook。”

*Facebookis the name of a social networking website。

此文预计会引发巨大争议，有人会认为FB和朋友圈这类东西完全不是正真意义的“阅读”，但是也有认为，这才是当今时代有特色的阅读，其实，能说明白就好，观点没有正误。

Impact的含义：影响。

第一段： 描述漫画内容。强调网络阅读的趋势和现象

第二段： 分析网络读书的原因。(或阐述不同的人的不同观点)在这一段，既可以把网络阅读的影响力归结为利大于弊，也可以归结为弊大于利，自圆其说即可。

第三段：双面总结，得出结论。

Thepicture describes a conversation between two people，one of them said： “I readabout 3 hours a day。My favorite book is Facebook。”The picture intends toinform us that the Internet has exerted an important influence on reading forthe modern citizens。

The phenomenon involves many factors，which canbe listed as the follows。 To begin with，with the rapid development of scientific technology，The Internet has become indispensable in our daily life.Undoubtedly，it provides people with many advantages and makes our life morecomfortable and efficient， including the way of reading。What’s more，it is a moreadvanced way to get information needed by people，and an efficient way to searchfor materials。“I have hardly ever bought any books since 2003。I have beenreading online in recent years。”said professor Wang from Peking University。“With the click of the mouse，any stories or information that I want at anygiven time or place，is there。”she said。This may well explain why so manypeople now prefer to embrace the wonders of the Internet than read print copiesof book or any other reading material。

Every coin hastwo sides，reading in social networking websites is no exception。 Admittedly，there is false and useless information on the social networking websites， it isadvisable that we read more critically and carefully。

Dear Wang Lin,

It’s really my pleasure to make friends with you. I’m Zhao Gang and I’m 17

years old. I like playing football and reading. I’m good at writing and playing

the piano. But I really want to be a journalist after graduating from

university. To get good marks, firstly, think listening carefully in class is

most important. Then we should ask the teacher questions we have in time.

Finally, getting rich knowledge out of class is also necessary. I hope the

advice can help you in your studies. Welcome to our school if you have the

chance. And I’ll show you our school and my favorite books. Also I can play a

piece of piano music for you.

Looking forward to your letter.

Best wishes.

A friend is indispensable to life. He will help you when you are in need of help, when you need to understand to understand you; When you need comfort comfort you...

Sometimes I think a real friend just have trouble with each other to help each other; When you dont have my stationery to lend you a pen, a piece of paper, read a book with you... , in fact not the case. Since the onset of the one thing I didnt know she is my best friend. She long not fat or thin, he is a little tall, she is very cheerful, is a kind of little girl, she is a year to get along with my deskmate -- Du Xueqing.

Remember once, the math teacher sent us a comprehensive mathematics examination paper, paper hair down, I like a hungry Wolf was feeding quickly "vies to answer first. A problem suddenly stood in my way, I brood, how also cant think, I think both of us are good friends, she will borrow my notes, I will gently move the bench into her move over there, secretly glanced at, she has to write the answer GongGongZhengZheng papers. And I took one look at the math teacher, she is batch job to us! Ha ha, Im qiao xi. So I used my arm gently touched Du Xueqing, I wrote a note to her again, but she didnt even look at, it threw the note to me, also ruthlessly stare at me, her own answer.

I was very angry, also gave her a hard stare, literally write an answer to go on to do some of the questions below.

After school, I strode along, holding her far behind, can sit at the same table trot caught up with me, come to my house for my topic, until Ive learned so far.

Looking at her hurriedly ran home, I was moved to tears. I know she is my true friend!

朋友是人一生中不可缺少的。他会在你需要帮助的时候帮助你，在你需要理解的时候理解你;在你需要安慰的时候安慰你……

我有时会认为真正的朋友只是在对方有困难的时候互相帮助;在你没带文具时借你一只笔、一张纸、和你同看一本书……，其实不是这样的。自从那一件事发生后我才明白她才是我最好的朋友。她长得不胖不瘦，个子有点高，她很开朗，是个善良的小女孩，她就是和我相处了一年的同桌——杜雪晴。

记得有一次，数学老师给我们发了一张综合性的数学卷子，卷子发下来了，我像饿狼吃食一样快速“抢答”。突然一道题挡住了我的去路，我苦思冥想，怎么也想不出来，我想我们俩是好朋友，她一定会借我抄的，我就轻轻的把凳子往她那边移了移，偷偷的瞥了一眼，她已经把答案工工整整地写出了卷子上。我又看了一眼数学老师，她正在给我们批作业呢!哈哈，我窍喜。于是，我便用胳膊轻轻的碰了碰杜雪晴，我又写了一个纸条给她，她却连看都不看，就把纸条扔给了我，还狠狠地瞪我一眼，捂住她自己的答案。

我很生气，也狠狠瞪了她一眼，随便写了一个答案就接着做下面的一些题了。

放学后，我大步流星地走着，把她远远地甩在后面，可同桌小跑的追上了我，来到我家为我讲题，直到讲到我明白了为止。

看着她急匆匆跑回家的身影，我感动地流下了眼泪。我明白了她才是我真正的朋友!

We live in nature, nature is very important to us. If we dont take care of it, the natural disaster will befall mankind.

But, because of a shortage of people environmental protection consciousness, there are some people throwing garbage everywhere, some pet, or at the side of the road. There are some busy people to go outside to eat fast food, leftovers lost carelessly. There are some people throwing paper everywhere, those paper lying on the road, just like a damage to the environment of the devil. There are some factories at the thick black smoke, the sky got dark. Some factories discharge wastewater flow into rivers, leading to the river black and stink, lots and lots of fish died. Some people are disorderly cut down trees, land became bare. Without trees, the air quality is affected, many living things disappear from lack of oxygen. There are some people in the river after eating, was thrown into the river, originally the clear river water becomes dirty and smelly ditch, passing all over your nose.

For the sake of our environment, I want to be with those people say: "please dont damage the environment, or natural disaster will befall mankind. If again so continue to destroy, the whole earth will disappear. The end of the world will always be coming.

The earth is my home, to protect the environment depends on everybody. Let us act together to protect our lovely earth!

我们生活在大自然里，大自然对我们非常重要。如果我们不爱护它，自然灾害就会降临到人类。

可是，由于人们环保意识不足，有一些人就随地扔垃圾，一些宠物就在路边随地大小便。有一些工作繁忙的人就到外面吃快餐，剩饭剩菜随手乱丢。有一些人随地扔纸团，那些躺在公路上的纸团，就像一个个破坏环境的魔鬼。还有一些工厂冒着浓浓的黑烟，把天空弄得黑乎乎的。有些工厂里排放出来的污水流进江河里，导致河水变黑、变臭，许许多多的鱼死亡。有些人就乱砍树木，土地变得裸露了。没有了树木，空气质量受到影响，许多生物因为缺氧而消失。有一些人在河边吃完东西，就往河里扔，原本清澈的河水变成了又脏又臭的水沟，路过的人都捂鼻而过。

为了我们的环境，我要跟那些人说：“请你们不要再破坏环境了，否则自然灾害就会降临到人类。如果再这样继续破坏的话，整个地球就会消失。世界末日始终会到来。

地球是我家，保护环境靠大家。让我们一起行动起来，保护我们这个美丽可爱的地球吧!

幸福是什么?幸福是父母为你营造的温馨的家，幸福是老师望向你的赞许的目光，幸福是孤独时朋友送来的一杯奶茶，幸福是…… 请以My happiness为话题，写一件曾经发生过的令你感到幸福的事情。

要求：条理清晰，语言流畅，用词准确， 字迹工整，80-100词。

范文

Happiness is important in our life. In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it。

I will never forget one thing. Once, I had a bad mark at a math test. I was shy and afraid to meet my parents. But when I got back home late, my parents knew what happened, they said to me: “It doesn’t matter, my child. Remember we’ll be always beside you when you need help. We believe you can be better next time. Never give up!” I was moved and made up my mind to work harder and harder。

I feel happy. Whenever I am in trouble, I can feel my parents’ love. I want to be a good child for my parents。

Environmental problems are becoming more and more serious all over the world.For example,cars have made the air unhealthy for people to breathe and poisonous gas is given off by factories.Trees on the hills have been cut down and waste water is being poured continuously into rivers.Furthermore,wherever we go today,we can find rubbish carelessly disposed.Pollution is,in fact,threatening our existence.

The earth is our home and we have the duty to take care of it for ourselves and for our later generations.Fortunately,more and more people have realized these problems.Measures have been taken to cope with these problems by the government.Laws have been passed to stop pollution.I hope the problem will be solved in the near future and our home will become better and better.

全世界的环境问题变得越来越严重.例如汽车污染的空气影响了人们的呼吸,工厂释放污染的气体,山上的树木被砍伐,污水不断被排人河里.另外,无论我们走到哪里,到处可见随意丢弃的垃圾.事实上,污染正威胁我们的生存.

地球是我们的家园,我们有责任为我们自己和我们的后代去照顾好它.庆幸的是,愈来愈多的人们已经意识到这些问题.政府已经采取了很多措施去解决这些问题,法律已被通过以制止污染.我希望这些问题在不远的将来能得到解决,我们的家园变得越来越好.

On the Losing of Traditional Culture

1. 现在许多传统文化正慢慢消失

2. 传统文化消失的原?因

3. 我的看法

On the Losing of Traditional Culture

It is widely noted that lots of traditional culture is disappearing along with the development of technology. Many ancient architectures and traditional ways of living have been deserted. It seems that the traditional culture and craftsmanship will be replaced in this modern era.

The following reasons can account for the above phenomenon. Firstly, traditional technologies are always considered ineffective while the new sciences are always highly efficient. Secondly, it is costly to protect the traditional culture. If the fund used to protect the ancient culture was instead delivered to the poor, it will be helpful to the improvement of their living standard. Thirdly, modern science and technology facilitate both our daily and academic life a lot. For instance, college students always collect their thesis materials by surfing the Internet instead of borrowing books from the library.

In my opinion, although traditional culture is an ancient heritage, it couldn’t keep pace with the development of society. It is the tide of history that the traditional culture and technology will no doubt be eliminated in the end.

A Friend of Mine

I have several friends. Wang Lin is my best friend. He is eleven years old. He comes from Beijing.

Wang Lin came here three years ago. He came with his parents. His father is an engineer and his mother is a middle school teacher. He has no brothers or sisters. He is the only child of his parents.

We are classmates at school, so we see much of each other.He is fond of English and I am good at maths. We always help each other. Both of us have made GREat proGREss in our studies.

We have made up our minds to study harder and win still GREater success in our studies.

[以A Friend of Mine为题目的初三英语作文

Chen Xiang is my best friend. She is 13 (years old). She likes English. It’s interesting for her. She doesn’t like math. For her, it’s difficult. She likes eating healthy food. She likes chicken, carrots and strawberries. She doesn’t like French fries. Chen Xiang also likes playing sports. She hopes to be a great running star.

[题目为我最好的朋友的英语作文

Happy summer vacation is coming, von teacher (tutor) gave me an essay:

"summer fun".

Filed a summer vacation, I will be very excited, because the summer can be

more happy, in retrospect, they like the movie playback in my head.

Photos, I looked at my to hainan emerge previous scenario in your mind:

that day, we will go to hainan! I was excited and happy, can fly again! That

night we came to the resort yalong bay, sanya in hainan, by plane arrived at the

hotel cooked cooked.

The next day, I to the sun, against the wind and the beauty of the scenery

beautiful had a stretch. I observed a look, my dad is still sleeping, but I

cant wait to go to dinner to the beach. I call my father. After dinner, we came

to the seaside. Im more comfortable sea breeze, waves.

We begin our "engineering", I took a shovel to dig a small hole and then

just center, because the water of the sea fall to dig around for me. And get a

shovel to give him one layer built a wall, tired of the sand can be high. Very

tired ah, look at me "big project" my heart very happy.

Oh, what a wonderful memory. I found that life is not good thing is much,

but to myself.

每个人都有自己的梦想，当然我也不例外，有的人想当科学家，有的人想当发明家，还有的人想当作家，而我却想当一名教师。

Each people all have own dream, of course, I was no exception, some people want to be scientists, some people want to be an inventor, there are people who want to be a writer, while I want to be a teacher.

如果，我真当上了一名教师，我会做一个和学生打成一片的好老师，只要一有时间我就要和他们一起快乐的玩耍。

If I really became a teacher, I would make a good teacher and students, as long as one has the time I to be with them happily.

如果，我真当上了一名教师，我回做一个成为同学门朋友们的好老师，只要一有时间，就和他们一起谈心，让他们把他们知道有趣的事一起说出来。

If, I really became a teacher, Im doing a become classmates door friends good teacher, as long as there is a time, and they talk together, let them to know that they are interesting things to say it together.

如果，我真当上了一名老师，我会做一个奖罚分明的好老师，有同学进步了，我会表扬他并奖励他一些文具，让他再接再励。如果，有谁学习退步了，我会激励让他不要灰心。

If, I really became a teacher, I would make a fine good teacher, students progress, I will praise him and reward him some stationery, let him do it again. If, who is learning a step backwards, I will let him not to lose heart excitation.

如果，有一天，我真当上了一名教师，我一定会像我说的那样：做一个和学生打成一个打成一片的，成为学生的知心朋友，奖罚分名的好老师。

If, one day, I really became a teacher, I would like I said: do a student into a mix of students, become intimate friends, reward points good teacher.

Computre games Computer games is a hot topic nowadays. Some people hold that it is bad. And others hold that it is good. In my view, whether good or bad is determined by the players.

If one plays computer game properly in his spare time, computer games can be an excellent source of joy. For example, something impossible in your real life can be realized in the computer

games. You can pilot a space craft and travel in the universe. Every coin has two sides. If one plays computer game excessivly, it may affects his eyesight and study.

The computer games itself is only a tool like knife. If we use it properly, it can pare apples. But if we use it to attack others. It immediatly becomes an lethal weapon.

[电脑游戏为题目的英语作文

A Present For Mother’s Birthday.

Everyone should give his mother a present when his mother’s birthday is

coming. It is 25th May Sunday. Today is Han Mei’s mother’s birthday. So she

wanted to give her mother a special present. What present should she give? Maybe

a bunch of flowers a birthday card are the best presents. A card is cheaper. But

it is bad for trees. The more I buy cards, the more trees will be cut by people.

So what another present should she give? Let me tell you this present.

It was five o’clock. It was time to surprise her mother. When Han Mei’s

mother came home, Han Mei said Happy Birthday to her mother. Then she cleaned

her mother’s feet. As you can see, her mother was very surprise.

Why do you think it was a good present?

Everyone has a dream, everyone dreams of each has its own characteristics.

My dream is to become a singer. Astronauts ya-ping wangs dream is when astronauts, soaring in the sky, after a test, 1 on 1 June 2013 live at 38 points, 5 ya-ping wang realized their dream. Dream is all the motivation, if did not have the power, then you will always be stepped in situ, power will let you constantly burning inner small universe, you want a perennial desire for a better life. Dream, can let you are not afraid of wind and rain, l fearless risk, keep moving forward.

Dancers Liao Zhi lost her legs in an earthquake, also lost daughter, hospitalized for 4 months, finally can was released from the hospital, but she must take prosthesis, thought it wont pain again, but she never thought with prosthesis is how much pain. Back to the home, want to go to the Wc, and calling to dad, mom, called for a long long time no one her. She remembered that mom and dad might not be home, so, she endured the pain with the prosthesis to the toilet. Just walked into a toilet and a load into the toilet, the hair is wet, look in the mirror before their mess, she decided to practice, have not yet learned to walk just learn to dance, in order to dream hard practice for six, seven years.

This reminds me of the dishes during the summer vacation, didnt stick to quit a few days. Will insist on a dream, the realization of the dream is not, make track for to dream on the road requires effort and sweat, and tears. In to abandon, do not give up. Vocabulary, dream, how beautiful dream, only constant efforts, constantly insist, to be courageous ya-ping wang, Liao Zhi insisted.

每个人都有一个梦想，每个人的梦想都各有特色。

我的梦想是当一名歌唱家。宇航员王亚平的梦想是当上宇航员，在天空中翱翔，经过一番的考验，就在2013年6月1住1日5时38分，王亚平实现了自己的梦想。梦想就是一切前进的动力，如果没有了动力，那你将永远的踏步走在原地，动力会让你不断的燃烧内心的小宇宙，激发你对美好生活向往生生不息的渴望。梦想，会让你不惧风雨l，无畏风险，不断前进。

舞蹈家廖智在一次地震中失去双腿，也失去了女儿，住了4个月的医院，总算可以出院了，但她必须带假肢，本以为不会再痛苦了，但她万万没有想到带假肢是有多么痛苦。回到了家，想上Wc，便叫爸爸，妈妈，叫了很长很长时间都没有人理她。她才想起爸爸妈妈可能不在家，于是，她忍着痛苦带着假肢走向了厕所。刚走进厕所便一头载进了马桶，头发也湿了，看着镜子前狼狈的自己，她便下定决心苦练，还没有学会走路就学会跳舞，为了梦想苦苦练习了六，七年。

这让我想起了在暑假里洗碗，没坚持几天就放弃了。有梦就要坚持，梦想的实现并非一朝一夕，追来梦想的道路上需要付出努力和汗水，甚至泪水。在抛弃，不放弃。梦想，是多么美好的词汇，梦想，只有不断的努力，不断地坚持，才能拥有王亚平的勇敢，廖智的坚持。

Genghis Khan, "Khan of Khans", was the great leader of Mongolians. At the end of 12th century, he united Mongolian tribes and challenged other powers to expand his huge Mongolian empire, which extended from South China to the Caspian Sea.

In 1277, Khan attacked the West Xia Kingdom (presently Ningxia) and encountered strong resistance. He died of disease and age. The great emperor was later buried secretly according to Mongolian custom. It says that after the burial 2,000 men were slaughtered by some 800 soldiers who were in turn executed so that the location of the real tomb remains a secret.

There are four sacrifice ceremonies held annually to commemorate the great hero and leader of the Mongolian people. The ceremony, held on March 21st on lunar calendar, is the grandest. After the ceremony, horse racing, archery and wrestling are held as entertainment.

2013年广东高考英语作文题目：火星生活和平凡工作

小作文写“火星生活”

火星生活2015年有15个人被选中送去火星生活，年龄均大于18岁。但火星生活环境恶劣，需要面对孤独、恐惧、寒冷等各种磨难。但入选者称已经厌倦了地球的生活，而且这可以让他们成为英雄。考生根据以上材料写一篇作文。

大作文着眼“平凡工作”

1.以约30个概括上文的主要内容。

2.以约120个词谈谈你对平凡工作的想法，内容包括：

(1)描述清洁工工作的艰辛;

(2)假如没有清洁工，环境会变得如何?

(3)你对平凡工作的看法。

写作要求：

1.作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

1、 Today is May, 28, 2007! How time flies! Very quickly 2008BEIJING is coming OLYMPIC GAMES! The friends of all over the world will come to China. Let us meet in BEIJING in 2008!

But we have many problems。The duty is not just for the Chinese governmental Chinese people should do their best to welcome the beginning of BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES!

the 2008 Beijing Olympic is a chance to let all world to know china, so the Chinese government and all Chinese people hope we this games should be the best one in the history!

“ONE WORLD.ONE DREAM!” this is the belief of 2008 Beijing Olympic games! It’s the game that lets us know each other! It’s also a time to make friends!

That’s all, Thank you!

2、 China has its own sport legends. Back to Song Dynasty, People started to play a game called Cajun, which is regarded as THE origin of Ancient football. So now, you will understand why our women football team is so good today

with a concept inspired by the famed Silk Road, our Torch Relay will break new ground, traveling from Olympia through some of the oldest civilizations known to man-Greek, Indian and Chinese. Carrying the message “Share the peace, Share the Olympics. “ The flame will pass through Tibet, cross the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers Travel the Great Wall and visit Taiwan and the 56 Ethnic communities who make up our society. On its journey, the flame will be seen by and inspire more human beings than any previous relay.

I am afraid I cannot prevent the whole picture of our cultural programs within such a short period of time. Actually, what we have shown you here today is only a fraction of Beijing that awaits you. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that Beijing will prove to be a land of wonders to athletes, spectators and the worldwide television audience alike. Come and join us.

Thank you. Thank you all.

3、 China has its own sport legends. Back to Song Dynasty, People started to play a game called Cajun, which is regarded as the origin of Ancient football. So now, you will understand why our women football team is so good today.

With a concept inspired by the famed Silk Road, our Torch Relay will break new ground, traveling from Olympia through some of the oldest civilizations known to man-Greek, Indian and Chinese. Carrying the message “Share the peace, Share the Olympics. “ The flame will pass through Tibet, cross the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers Travel the Great Wall and visit Taiwan and the 56 Ethnic communities who make up our society. On its journey, the flame will be seen by and inspire more human beings than any previous relay.

I am afraid I cannot prevent the whole picture of our cultural programs within such a short period of time. Actually, what we have shown you here today is only a fraction of Beijing that awaits you. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that Beijing will prove to be a land of wonders to athletes, spectators and the worldwide television audience alike. Come and join us.

Thank you. Thank you all.

Many people, sometimes myself included, tend to judge a person by his

appearances.

I was afraid of my uncle who has a scared tattoo on his arm till my mother

told me a “story”. When I was a three-year-old naught boy, I always ran around

the neighborhood with my toy saber. Unfortunately, one day I hit a wild dog by

accident. The dog became crazy and tried to bite me. It was that time my uncle

appeared and protected me with his strong arm. However, this accident left a

scar on his arm. My uncle went to get a tattoo in order to cover up the scars.

From that moment, he is my hero in stead of a bad looking uncle.

So we need to go beyond peoples looks and focus on more internal spirits

in order to truly judge a person.

下面是2015年6月英语四级写作预测：年轻人应有理想，预祝四级考生在2015年6月的英语四级考试中取得好成绩!

Young People Should Have Ideals

What are you going to do when you grow up? When I was a child, people often asked me this question about the ideal. Undoubtedly, every individual, especially a young person, should have an ideal. Hardly can we find any great people we know ideal when they were young。

An ideal is a vital importance to ones growth and success. On the one hand, an ideal is the target of ones life. Once you decide what your ideal is, you know where to go, and which way to take. Otherwise, you might become puzzled in many things in your life. On the other hand, an ideal is like the engine of vehicles. Only when we have our own ideals, can we find the origin of energy and enthusiasm in life, and become active and perseverant. Whatever your ideal is, careful plan and preparation is vital to its realization. Of course, the path from where you are to where you want to get is not always smooth and straight. Therefore, an optimistic, positive mind is indispensable in the process of your persevering your ideal。

In a word, only if you have an ideal, you will have the chance of realizing 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 freshness ; it is the freshness of 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 wireless station : 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!