Inspiration and perspiration

Ladies and gentlemen, good morning, my topic today is inspiration and perspiration.

Thomas Edison once said:” genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, without the one percent inspiration, all the perspiration in the world is only a bucket of sweat.” I do not agree with him and I believe perspiration can make a difference.

Hilary Clinton, starting the great effort in a beautiful farm and 62 counties , 16months, 3debates, 2opponents, and 6black pantsuits later, won the united states senator in new York on the may16th,2000. it means perspiration of hard work works in approaching success.

On july6, 2005, London presented her bid for the 2012 Olympic Games, informing the rest of the world that a new, free, and strong country, basing on Winston Churchill’s blood, toil, tears and sweat in 1940, sharing a passion for sport, had once again stood up. That means perspiration really matters in the process of gaining our rightful place.

On may12, 2008, the wen chuan earthquake killed nearly 20.000people. And whole communities or even towns were washes away.

And we need perspiration of people’s hard work in the race against time to rescue victims and to prevent further deaths.

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still believe in perspiration of people’s hard work which deeply rooted in the Chinese traditional culture.

With this perspiration, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.

With this perspiration, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of the destroyed parts of Si chuan province into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.

And when perspiration rises up and rings from every village and every hamlet, from every city and every province, we will be able to join hands and live in a stronger and more harmonious society.

That’s all, thank you.