励志主题的英语演讲稿范文 <br /> ladies and gentlemen , good afternoon! i ’m very glad to <br />stand here and give you a short speech. today my topic is <br />“youth ”. i hope you will like it , and found the importance <br />in your youth so that more cherish it. <br /> first i want to ask you some questions: <br /> 1 、do you know what is youth? <br /> 2 、how do you master your youth? youth is not a time of life, <br />it is a state of mind ; it is not rosy cheeks , red lips and <br />supple knees, it is a matter of the emotions : it is the <br />freshness ; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life . <br /> youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over <br />timidity of the appetite , for adventure over the love of ease. <br />this often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20 . nobody <br />grows old merely by a number of years . we grow old by deserting <br />our ideals. years wrinkle the skin , but to give up enthusiasm <br />wrinkles the soul . worry , fear , self