1, Liang Shiqiu: wit and humor
Liang Shiqiu, a famous writer, is good at speaking. His speech was unique and left a deep impression on people. Liu Zhen, then president, often invited celebrities to give lectures during his teaching at Beijing Normal University. Once, the speaker was late for some reason, and the teachers and students present were impatient. So Serina Liu invited Liang Shiqiu, who was present at that time, to speak a few words to the students. Liang Shiqiu didn't want to play this role, but the headmaster ordered him to go to the podium and said slowly with a helpless expression. "Before playing Beijing Opera, we often found a second-rate or third-rate role before starring, jumped on the stage and added officials, so that the protagonist in the background had sufficient time to prepare. I am now ordered to jump out and increase my official position. " The unusual words caused the audience to burst into laughter and dispersed the unhappiness of teachers and students.
2. "Tung Chee-hwa has set long-term goals for itself."
Tung Chee-hwa 1937 was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong in his 60s. Because he can't speak Cantonese and his classmates can't understand his Shanghai dialect, he is often teased. Tung Chee-hwa people are ambitious. They take the initiative to talk with their classmates and learn Cantonese word by word. It only takes a few months to eliminate the language barrier. /kloc-When he was 0/7 years old, he went to England to study again. The money his father sent him was only enough for tuition and living expenses, so during the summer vacation, he had to work, such as serving in a restaurant and shoveling coal in a gas company. Recalling this experience as a student, Tung Chee-hwa said: "It was a great challenge for me to learn not to speak Cantonese and go to England not to speak English. This challenge gave me a good exercise. I like to set myself a long-term goal. Set a goal, and I will unswervingly work towards it. I have developed this character since I was a child. Achieving a good goal is the joy of life. "
3. Nightingale-the greatest woman in English history.
1854, Britain and Russia went to war in Crimea, and nightingale personally went to the front. She cleans, detoxifies and bandages the wounded, changes the medicine on time, improves the food, and often kneels on the ground to scrub the floor and wash the bloody clothes and pants of the wounded. Every night, she has to carry a lamp, check the condition one by one on the 4-kilometer patrol line, sing to the wounded, and send comfort and love without interruption. To this end, she often works more than 20 hours a day, and she is still insisting until now. Thanks to her efforts, the death rate of the wounded dropped from 60% to 0.3%. Later, she didn't return to China until Britain and Russia stopped fighting and the last soldier left the battlefield. The British people erected a huge bronze statue for her, holding oil lamps. "Lantern Girl" florence nightingale is called "the greatest woman in English history". It was her dedication to medical care that changed the world's view of nurses.
4. "Allen: If it is completed, this is an opportunity."
At the age of 9, a child named Allen started his first job on grandpa's farm-picking up cow dung cakes on the pasture with his bare hands. Most children don't want to do this job because it's dirty, but Allen did a great job. Because of his excellent performance in picking up cow dung cakes. Grandfather gave him a dream job-release the horse. This incident deeply influenced Allen Jr. and made him firmly believe in such a life creed: No matter how humble the job at hand is, as long as it is done well, it is an opportunity.
When he grew up, he began to work as a butcher, earning 1 USD every week. Although the work is humble and the working conditions are bad, he has done well, because he has never changed his life creed: doing well is opportunity.
Later, he became an Associated Press reporter, earning $50 a week.
Later, he became the first CEO with an annual salary of more than 1.5 million.
5. Yunus: "poor banker" benefits the poor.
From 65438 to 0974, there was a severe famine in Bangladesh, and Yunus, a doctor of economics, came here to experiment with high-yield cultivation methods. 1976 In a survey, he met a destitute woman who made a bamboo stool. This woman can't even earn two dollars a day because she is exploited by the lender. He lent $27 to 42 women in the same situation, hoping that they could use the loan to get rid of the fate of selling labor cheaply. 1979, he established Grameen Bank for this purpose. From 65438 to 0998, Grameen Bank was in trouble because of the flood, but with the unremitting efforts of Yunus, the bank completed the transformation from "classic model" to "Grameen II" in 2004. Yunus's silent dedication benefited countless poor people and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
6. "Sarkozy: Must be President"
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, 19551October 28th, was born in an immigrant family in Paris, France, and was discriminated against and ridiculed by others since he was a child. /kloc-one day when he was 0/0 years old, he rode his beloved mountain bike in the suburbs. Just when he was proud, several children stopped him, took his mountain bike, slammed it on the ground and pointed at his nose and said, "You foreign boys don't deserve to ride mountain bikes!" " "In the evening, he wrote in his diary:" I don't want to be president, but I must be president. "
/kloc-at the age of 0/5, Sarkozy bid farewell to school because of family poverty. In the next few years, he spared sheep, worked as a trumpet player in a band, worked as a bricklayer and a sugar factory worker. He cried and was discouraged, but he never backed down. Later, through the work-study program, he was admitted to the Paris School of Political Science. Do business with alumni after graduation. After working hard in the business world for 10 years, I resolutely left and embarked on the road of politics.
1983, at the age of 28, Sarkozy was elected mayor of Neuilly, a suburb of Paris, becoming the youngest mayor in French history. In May 2007, Sarkozy won the French presidential election and was elected as the new French president. He finally realized his dream of being president.
7. Chen Anzhi: Posting Dreams
12 years old went to the United States to study with relatives, and later studied while working. He used to have a job of 18, selling kitchen knives, selling cars and working as a waiter in a restaurant ... At the age of 20, his savings were still zero.
Once, when he was watching the auto show, a Mercedes S600 made him envious. He stood by the car and asked his wife to take a picture of him and nail it to the wall.
Later, he went on to succeed in business. When his assistant asked him about his successful experience, he said, "If you want to succeed, put up a dream board for yourself." Then he took out a photo of himself and Mercedes-Benz S600 from a cow paper bag. There were nail holes in the photo. He went on to say that he always thought it was too expensive and bought it without thinking. Later, he nailed it to the dream board, looked at it every day, struggled towards this goal, and finally his dream came true.
He said that he has been sticking his dreams in his room, realizing one, putting one away and putting it in a drawer. From small goals to big goals, all his final goals have basically been achieved. Now he has succeeded, and his worth has reached hundreds of millions. His works, his recordings and the contents of his courses are all collected crazily. He is Mr. Chen Anzhi, the most famous success expert in China today.
8. Ball King Jordan
On a trip to China, Jordan, the god of basketball, refused to take the Mercedes-Benz and BMW provided by the organizer, and named the American Dodge Goat. It turns out that Jordan has an important business principle, that is, "advertising will always be American", because the automobile incident is closely related to "dignity".
In a sense, Jordan outside the stadium gave a good ideological and moral education lesson to the teenagers who worshipped him. This is a star's real moral conscience and social responsibility. On the contrary, our various "stars" are also idols worshipped by teenagers. How did they perform? We know that some singers don't sing very well, but they are keen to bring strange forms to the extreme; Some movie stars don't work hard on performances, but they always hype themselves with gossip; There are so-called football stars who play badly, but scandals such as drinking and fighting continue. In the ideological and moral construction of minors, our "stars" have unshirkable social responsibilities. From this perspective, should we learn from Jordan?
9. Tian Jiabing: Rich people who drink mineral water.
A reporter accompanied a teacher from a donated school to meet a donor. At the airport, everyone bought mineral water to quench their thirst. Just after a few sips, the plane arrived and everyone threw away their mineral water. At this time, they saw the monopoly get off the plane, holding something that seemed to be an empty bottle-there was only a mouthful of water at the bottom of the bottle. Monopoly talked and laughed with everyone after getting off the plane. With the shaking of his hand, the mineral water made a slight sound until he got on the car to pick him up and didn't throw away the bottle. When there was water in the car, someone handed him a bottle, but he waved. He didn't put down the bottle until he drank the last sip of water left in the bottle and took the bottle full of mineral water. This millionaire is Tian Jiabing, a famous Hong Kong industrialist and philanthropist. In the past 20 years, he has donated 6,543.8 billion yuan to charity.
10, dennis hayes: Father of the Earth.
The first "Earth Day" in human history was initiated and organized by a 25-year-old student of Harvard Law School on April 22nd, 1970. Therefore, he is called "the father of the earth"
Dennis hayes grew up in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge in Washington, USA, and he developed a love for nature from an early age. Although he studied law in college, he never gave up his concern about environmental problems. In view of dennis hayes's great contribution to environmental protection, he won the highest honor awards from the Federal Wildlife Federation, the American Charity Association, the American Solar Energy Association and the organization far from war, and was named one of the "100 most outstanding environmentalists" by the American National audubon Association.
1 1, Su Xiong's pride
Su Xiong, the current Asia-Pacific Chairman of BBDO Advertising Company, believes that if every advertising company adheres to its own principles, the environment of the entire advertising circle will be healthy. The situation now is that if you don't do it, there are many companies waiting in line.
He said: "Some time ago, something happened in our branch in Taiwan Province Province. We have a customer who has served for ten years, and half of their success can be said to be due to our service. Some time ago, they put forward a competitive presentation (that is, a market forecast report made by an advertising company for its customers). Advertising companies can take the initiative to do it, or they can do it according to customer requirements. After the competitive demonstration, they asked to talk about the price, but did not compare the prices according to the results of the competitive demonstration. Instead, they asked all the companies participating in the competition to bid together. As a result, the original price quoted by another international advertising company was 1/3, and the customer asked me if I could quote a price lower than theirs. I immediately decided not to do this business, even though they account for 50% of the companies in Taiwan Province Province.
12, Yang Lan: I don't regard her as an enemy.
At the beginning of 1990, CCTV launched a large-scale variety show to openly recruit female presenters for the whole country. After six rigorous screenings, the two girls finally stood out. Then, they will face the seventh round of confrontation.
In the end, the winner was later known to the audience-Yang Lan.
Once, the new director talked about the secret of Yang Lan's victory. At that time, the producer was looking for a host who was proficient in English. So the topic of the final round is to let them prepare at the door for five minutes, and then introduce themselves in English and talk about their thoughts on the program.
Xin Dao said that she happened to pass by them when she entered the interview office and found another girl asking Yang Lan two correct English expressions. At such a close critical moment, any small omission or mistake may make people lose all their efforts. Therefore, the small shortage of the other party's English reserve is good news for Yang Lan, which can give the girl a fatal blow at this time.
However, Yang Lan did not do it. She immediately gave the other party the relevant tips seriously. "I don't regard her as an enemy, but as a friend in need." This is Yang Lan's magic weapon to win.
13, cement pavement is not cured.
When Einstein 1899 was studying at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, his tutor was the mathematician Minkowski.
On one occasion, Einstein asked Minkowski: "How can a person, such as me, leave his shining footprint in the field of science and the road of life and make his outstanding contribution?" This is a "frontier" question, Minkowski said that he should think it over and answer it later. Three days later, Minkowski told Einstein that the answer came! He picked up Einstein and walked to a construction site, going straight to the concrete floor that the builders had just laid. Amid the shouts of construction workers, Einstein asked Minkowski inexplicably, "Teacher, didn't you lead me astray?" "Yes, yes, that's right!" Minkowski said, "See? Only the cement pavement without solidification can leave deep footprints. Those old roads that have been solidified for a long time, the places where countless people have walked, and the places where countless footsteps have walked, you can't step on footprints any more ... "Hearing this, Einstein pondered for a long time and nodded meaningfully.
From then on, a very strong sense of innovation and pioneering began to dominate Einstein's thoughts and actions. In his own words, "I never remember or think about things in dictionaries and manuals." My brain is only used to remember and think about things that are not loaded into books. " So, just a few years after Einstein left the campus and set foot in the world, as an unknown clerk in Bern Patent Office, he used his spare time to conduct scientific research, made outstanding contributions to mankind and left a deep shining footprint in the history of science.
14 "Chai Zhiping: The opportunity is only three seconds"
She graduated from a famous university, but she can't find a job. I finally got a job as an assistant playwright, only to find that she is the only employee in the whole company except the boss. After working hard for three months, I only got a month's salary, so I fired my boss and started wandering to help people write short plays and movies. As long as she receives the money on time, the road ahead is boundless and she hopes for a miracle.
By chance, she was hired as a screenwriter for a TV program. Six months later, when making the program, the producer suddenly flew into a rage, said "no more recording" and left. Dozens of staff members were all stunned and didn't know what to do. The host looked around and said to her, "Let's record it ourselves!"
The chance is only three seconds. Three seconds later, she picked up the earphone microphone left by the producer. At that moment, she clearly said to herself, "If you succeed this time, it will prove that you are not only a short script writer, but also a producer who controls the audience, so you can't make a fool of yourself!"
Slowly, she began to become an executive producer. At that time, it was quite rare for a girl her age to be a producer.
A few years later, the little girl became the ace producer who won the Golden Bell Award for three consecutive years, and then produced the idol drama Meteor Garden, which was very popular and was called "the mother of idol drama in Taiwan Province Province".
Looking back, Chai Zhiping bluntly said, "The opportunity is only three seconds, that is, when others leave, you can pick up your headphones."
15, Joule for knowledge
Joule, a famous British scientist, loved physics very much since he was a child. He often does some experiments about electricity and heat by himself. One holiday, Joule and his brother traveled to the suburbs. Joule, who is clever and studious, never forgets to do his physics experiments even when he is playing. He found a lame horse, led by his brother, and quietly hid behind him. He used a volt battery to electrify the horse, trying to see how the animals reacted after being stimulated by the current. As a result, the reaction he wanted to see appeared. The horse jumped wildly after being shocked and almost kicked its younger brother.
Although the danger has appeared, it has not affected the mood of little Joule who loves to do experiments. He rowed with giggle to the lake surrounded by mountains, where Joule wanted to try the echo. They filled the musket with gunpowder and then pulled the trigger. Who knows "bang", a long flame spouted from the muzzle and burned Joule's eyebrows, almost scaring my brother into the lake.
At this time, the sky was covered with thick clouds, lightning and thunder. Joule, who just wanted to go ashore to take shelter from the rain, found that it took a long time to hear the thunder after every lightning. What happened? Joule didn't take shelter from the rain, dragging his brother up a hill and carefully recording the time of lightning and thunder with his pocket watch.
After school started, Joule almost wanted to tell the teacher all the experiments he had done and ask for advice from the teacher. The teacher smiled at Joule, who was eager to learn and curious, and patiently explained to him: "The speed and harmony of light are different. The speed of light is fast and the speed of sound is slow, so people always want to see lightning before hearing thunder, but in fact lightning and thunder happen at the same time. " Joule suddenly realized. Since then, he has been more fascinated by learning scientific knowledge. Through continuous study and careful observation and calculation, he finally discovered the mechanical equivalence of heat and the law of conservation of energy, and became an excellent scientist.
16, knowledge-self-improvement.
Prague, an English physicist, was poor when he was a child. With his unremitting pursuit of his dreams and tenacious efforts, he finally made great achievements. And the poor years he experienced became the driving force that inspired him to move on in the future.
When he was studying at school, his parents could not buy him nice clothes and comfortable shoes because of the poor economic conditions at home. He is often in rags, dragging a pair of worn leather shoes that don't match his feet. But young Prague never felt inferior because of poverty, and he never complained that his family could not provide him with superior living conditions. Those oversized shoes look ridiculous on his feet, but he doesn't feel inferior. On the contrary, he cherishes these shoes very much, because they can bring him unlimited motivation.
It turns out that this pair of shoes was given to him by his father. The family is poor, so we can't buy him a pair of comfortable and strong shoes. Even these old leather shoes are his father's. Although the father was also full of guilt, he still gave his son ardent hope, unparalleled encouragement and strong emotional support.
Father wrote in his letter: "I'm sorry, son." I hope that in a year or two, my shoes will not be too big for you to wear ... I hope that once you achieve something, I will be proud, because my son worked hard to successfully put on my broken shoes ... "
This letter with profound meaning and full of expectation has always been like an invisible force, pushing Prague to walk on the rugged scientific mountain road and step on thorns.
17, "Honesty is more valuable than a thousand cherry trees"
George Washington has worshipped heroes since he was sensible. He was envious when he saw his brother fighting in the front line in military uniform. One day after dinner, he suddenly thought of a question and hurriedly asked his father, "Dad, I want to be a brave soldier like my brother when I grow up, okay?" "Great, dear boy!" The father replied happily, "But do you know what kind of children can be brave soldiers?" Father asked. "Well-"Washington thought for a moment and replied, "Only honest children can become brave soldiers, right?" "It is. Only by being honest can everyone unite, and unity can defeat the enemy and become a brave warrior. "
Father not only teaches by example, but also attaches great importance to setting an example. On my father's farm, there is a small cherry tree, which my father planted to commemorate the birth of Washington. Little George grows up day by day, and the little cherry tree grows taller year by year. Washington is bent on becoming a powerful soldier when he grows up. Once, he planned to make a small wooden gun and arm himself. He wanted to ask his father for help, but seeing that his father was busy with work all day and had no time, he decided to do it himself. Little Washington picked up a saw and an axe, found a small tree that was easy to cut down, and sawed it down. I didn't know this tree was my father's favorite cherry tree. This is a catastrophe. Father came back, learned about it, lost his temper and asked who did it. Washington hid in the house and was very scared. After thinking about it, he bravely came out, walked up to him and said with shame, "Dad, I did it." "Son, you cut down my favorite cherry tree. Don't you know I will hit you? " Seeing that his father was still angry, Washington replied, "Dad, didn't you say that if you want to be a soldier, you must first have honest qualities?" What I just told you is the truth. I'm not lying. "Hearing his son's words, my father was very moved. He realized that the excellent quality of children is more precious than his beloved cherry tree. He hugged Washington and said, "Dad forgives you, son. Admitting a mistake is a heroic act, which is more valuable than a thousand cherry trees. "
18, Zi Huajun: Integrity
When Zi Huajun was in primary school, he didn't study hard. Many things seem to distract her. For example, every time she comes home from school, as long as she sees the shadow of her little friend shaking outside the window, she wants to run away and have fun with the children. At this time, my mother put her fist on the table, put forward various requirements for homework, plus the oral test of the homework that day, and she could only play after passing the customs.
My mother has always been very strict with the Chinese army and has never compromised. For children with poor self-awareness, only under the supervision of their mothers can they be obedient to their studies. Probably this method can highly regulate the excitability of nerve cells. Zi Huajun is very efficient in doing his homework under the supervision of his mother, and often meets his mother's requirements effortlessly with high accuracy. Gradually, she also developed the good habit of finishing her homework on time. She is really embarrassed if she is allowed to play if her homework is not finished! During the winter and summer vacations, my mother never relaxed her requirements. In addition to the homework assigned by the school, Zi Huajun has to finish the homework assigned by her mother. In addition, according to my mother's instructions, I recited Han Yu's Shi Shuo and other ancient texts with my sister.
In the face of such a strict and inhuman mother, Zi Huajun is a little afraid of her. Once, Zi Huajun made a mistake in a math problem, and the teacher made a cross with a red pen. In fact, it's no big deal, but at the thought of her mother being so strict with herself, she hesitated because she was afraid of her mother's criticism. I thought about it, but I secretly changed the fork myself. But afterwards, she was very upset and felt that it violated her mother's usual teaching. After some ideological struggle, I finally told my mother about it and waited for her more severe criticism. However, to Zi Huayun's surprise, her mother did not get angry after listening to her words. Instead, she smiled and praised her for taking the initiative to admit her mistake, and then pointed out: "Lying is the most shameful thing, and all bad things are caused by dishonesty." Finally, my mother took her to analyze the reasons for the wrong question. By doing so, a mother can not only educate her children well, but also take care of Zi Huajun's self-esteem.
19, Bayer: Modesty
On adolf Bayer 10' s birthday. He thought his parents would celebrate him like the parents of other children. But this day: his mother took him to his grandmother's house early in the morning and stayed there all day without mentioning his birthday at all. Bayer was very unhappy. On the way home, he kept pouting and said nothing. When his mother met him, she said earnestly, "When I gave birth to you, your father was 4 1 year old and still a lout. Now he is 5 1 year old, but like you, he is studying hard and will have an exam tomorrow. I don't want to delay his study because of your birthday. Time is too precious for him. You are still young, learn to cherish it. "
Mother's words, like rain and dew, moisten Bayer's young heart bit by bit. Later, he recalled: "This is the most generous gift my mother gave me on my 10 birthday."
When Bayer was studying at the university, the name of Professor Jaragu, an organic chemist, spread all over Germany. However, the professor was still very young. Some scientific retirees always criticize him with such and such questions. One day, Bayer chatted with his father and mentioned Professor Jalagu. Bayer said, "Jalagu is only six years older than me ..." The implication is that this person is nothing. Father is very dissatisfied. He said to Bayer, "How about being six years older? Isn't it worth learning? " ? When I studied geology, all the teachers were 30 years younger than me. I respectfully call them teachers and listen to their lectures carefully. You should remember that age and knowledge are not necessarily proportional. No matter who you are, as long as you have knowledge, you should learn from him humbly. "
Zhao Dayu: Patriotism
Since 1974, Zhao Dayu, a famous football player, has applied for provincial professional football teams for many times, but all of them failed because of his short stature. Repeated failures made him feel confused and depressed.
At this time, Zhao Dayu's father felt even worse. What parents don't want their children to be surprised? But he deeply understands that it is terrible for a person to lose opportunities, and it is even more terrible to lose faith. What his son needs at this moment is encouragement and support. Therefore, he tried to control his feelings. In order not to let his son lose confidence and give up his efforts, he told his son the story of "suffering hardships" and encouraged his son to bite the bullet, not to give up easily and to be a man of backbone. He also introduced the story of football player Hu to his son. Although he is small, he joined the national team because he plays the ball very well. He also took his son to see a Guangdong star, asked him to introduce a little person to the unique skills of playing a big man, and tried every means to make his son establish such a belief: "As long as you are better than others, someone will definitely want it."
With the encouragement and support of his father, Zhao Dayu regained his confidence and never gave up his efforts. Finally, the efforts have gained the initial harvest. 1975, Zhao Dayu joined the Guangzhou team and participated in the National Youth Championship.
At this time, my father was admitted to the hospital because of illness. Faced with such a sudden change, the father still did not give up the desire to let his son continue to work hard. He asked his son to keep confidence, continue to struggle and never delay training because of himself. This is his greatest and only wish as a father! Where there is a will, there is a way.
With his unremitting efforts, Zhao Dayu, a little guy, finally entered the national team and struggled on the court for the "turn over" of China football. He realized his desire to win glory for his country.