Dreams are a powerful motivator that drive individuals to strive for their best selves. A dream can incite the beginning of a journey, inspire perseverance in the face of adversity, and lead to success beyond measure. In this article, we will explore the topic of "Dreams" through the lens of inspiring English speeches.
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dreams are the wind for our sails on the ocean.? dreams kindle a flame to illuminate our dark roads. dreams are the armor for our fragile hearts. martin luther king had a dream — it was to have justice for all people. lincoln had a dream — it was to set the slaves free. they sought their dreams and ultimately made them come true. when i was young, i saw a dog one day. i threw a stone at it just for fun. then it fell down and looked very weak. at that moment, i was surprised to notice it was pregnant. i can’t remember what happened next, but there’s one thing i know: that i felt guilty. it was the first time that i found life could so easily pass away. at that time, i had a dream, which was to help those people who needed help. there are too many wars and disasters. about 16,000 people have died in the iraq war and one child dies every eight seconds in africa because of starvation.? i have dreams, you have dreams and they have dreams too. we should help them. we should save their lives so that they can pursue their own dreams. just like the lyric of a song says, “we are the ones who make a brighter day so let’s start giving.” well, that’s my dream, a simple but meaningful one.
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ambition is the decision one makes and the resolution with which he carries out that decision. it provides us with the required driving force to accomplish any undertakings in our life. just as joseph epstein, a famous american writer put it, “and as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed.” indeed, once we make up our minds to choose to do something, then our life becomes meaningful and specifically orientated. this notion of life, as far as i observe, is closest to truth and does apply to almost all aspects of life.
first things first, ambition renders us a sense of mission. no matter what decision you make you have to be responsible for your choice. your choice procures you a sense of orientation, or more specially a sense of mission. and only a strong mission may enable one to accomplish greatness. caesar of the ancient roman empire was urged by his ambition “i came, i saw, i conquered.” and became an unrivaled empire builder in the history of rome. john milton, stimulated always by his ambition that aimed at writing some “mighty lines” which england would unwillingly forget, had in due time secured his position as the second shakespeare in the history of english literature.
in the second place, ambition can bring one’s potentials to the full. ambition may well serve as a catalyst activating one’s dormant potentials. without ambition one’s potentials will remain slumbering like a dormant volcano. a case in point is ms zhang haidi, a chinese helen keller. it was her ambition to be a useful person has turned the almost paralyzed zhang haidi into a well-accomplished figure whose achievements would dwarf those of some normal people aim at the sun, though, at worst, they may probably land on the moon.
influential as it is upon us, however, ambition must be channeled in the right direction. if wrongly directed, one’s ambition may bring havoc on him and others. hitler, whose ambition was to conquer europe by whattever evil means, finally turned him into a demon. it was this demon that almost cast europe into an unfathomable abyss of anguish and suffering. another case is macbeth whose ambition was to become the king of scotland. however, his ambition was materialized by the murder of king duncan. consequently, unbearable guilt and psychological agony drove him to his tragic doom.
to sum up, ambition can benefit us tremendously if wisely and correctly channeled, otherwise it may ruin others and ourselves. a poet says: life can be bad; life can be good; life can be dirty; life can be sad,; life can even be painful. in my mind’s eye, a person can make his life beautiful, meaningful and rewarding and stand out as a respectable personage if he is motivated by a well-orientated ambition.
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good morning, it's my honor to stand here and give you this speech about dreams. there i want to start my speech with two short stories.
the first story happened when i was in primary school, i wrote in my composition that my dream was to be a teacher when i grew up. meanwhile, what my classmates wrote about their dreams was that he or she wanted to be a doctor, a scientist or an astronaut.
the second story happened at my first year in university. at the careers planning class, when the teacher asked about our dreams, one of my classmates stood up and said, “i want to be a farmer, because i grow up in a farmer's family and i love to be engaged in agriculture.” when he sat down, everyone clapped.
these two stories happened during my growth process, from which i got my understanding of dreams. when i was a child i believed that a dream must be a big dream, but when i grow up i find this big dream is so far away from me, i know little about it, and i have done nothing to achieve it, so it's not my dream. my classmate's answer let me know a real dream is not just about being a great man, or doing a great job, it's about what you really want to be, and are willing to try every effort to pursue it.
because what makes a dream valuable is not just about the result, it's also about the process, the process when you are trying, when you are struggling, when you failed and restarted again and again, because of the process, dreams can be meaningful and become your wealth.
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