Quotations refer to a person's speech records, which are generally used in formal style, usually to illustrate someone's statements and language characteristics over a period of time. The following are the classic quotations I extracted from Yu's speech in Peking University. I hope you like them.

Classic Quotations from Speech at Peking University 1 Dear students and leaders,

Good Morning, everyone!

I am glad that President Xu gave me such a lofty honor and told me about my experience in Peking University.

I remember when I was in Peking University, when I graduated from the fourth grade, my grades were still in the bottom of my class. However, I already had a good attitude at that time. I know I am smarter than my classmates, but I have a kind of ability, that is, I keep working hard. So I said this sentence at the graduation ceremony of our class, and the students can still remember it. I said, "Everyone has excellent grades. I am a backward classmate in our class. But I want to reassure my classmates that I will never give up. I will do what you did in five years for ten years, what you did in ten years for twenty years, and what you did in twenty years for forty years. " I said to them, "If I really can't, I will always be happy and healthy until I send you away after I am 80 years old."

There is a story that only two kinds of animals can reach the top of the pyramid. One is an eagle, flying by its own talent and wings. There are many eagles here, and many students can reach the peak without too much effort. After graduating from Peking University, many students may easily enter Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge and other prestigious schools for further study. There are many students with extraordinary talents, and they have such talents without learning or skills. For example, Wang Qiang, the monitor I mentioned just now, has a strong imitation ability. When you go anywhere and listen to anything, it will be different. So I worked as an announcer at Peking University Radio Station for four years. I listen to his voice every day, and my heart is full of hatred. Therefore, talented people are like eagles. However, as we all know, there is another animal that has reached the top of the pyramid. That's a snail. Snails can only climb up. It may take a month, two months, or even a year or two to go from low to high. At the top of the pyramid, people did find traces of snails. I believe that snails will never climb up smoothly, but they will definitely fall, climb again, and climb again. However, what students need to know is that as long as the snail climbs to the top of the pyramid, the world it sees and its achievements are exactly the same as those of the eagle. So, maybe some of our classmates here are eagles and some are snails. When I was in Peking University, including today, I always felt like a snail. But I've been climbing, and I may not have climbed to the top of the pyramid yet. But as long as you are climbing, it is enough to leave yourself a touching day.

I often tell my classmates that if we don't leave ourselves some days to cry, your life will be in vain. Many of our classmates entered Peking University with excellent results, but Peking University is by no means the end of your study, but the starting point of your life. From the age of one to eighteen, you listened to your teacher and your parents. Now you have really started your own independent life. We must create some touching days for ourselves so that you can touch others. We have rich families and poor families here. The starting point of our life is not for you to choose whether you were born in a rich family or a poor family. If you were born in a poor family, you can't say that my father brought it back to me. I don't want to stay here. But the end of our life is our own choice.

The first one is called ideal. I have a feeling since I was a child that I want to cross the horizon, towards the distant. I call it "the desire to cross the horizon". It is because of this strong desire that I have the courage to stick to the college entrance examination. Of course, I have role models in my life. For example, I have a neighbor who is very famous and is an example for my life. His name is Xu Xiake. Neighbors 500 years ago, of course. But he is indeed my neighbor, from Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, and I am also from Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province. Because of Xu Xiake's worship, he got 97 points in geography in the college entrance examination. It was Xu Xiake who brought me the feeling of crossing the horizon, so I also made up my mind that if Xu Xiake traveled all over China, I would travel all over the world. I'm realizing my dream now. Therefore, students, as long as you have ideals and aspirations in your heart, you will eventually succeed. What you have to do is to have the ability to work hard, endure setbacks and failures in this process, and constantly expand your mind in order to do things better.

The second thing is called conscience. What is conscience? It is to do good deeds, do things that are worthy of yourself and others, have a gesture of sharing with others, and have the spirit of being willing to serve others. People with conscience will reflect what you do in your specific life, and what you do will definitely have an impact on your future life. I told two short stories, and then I finished my speech, which took me a long time.

The first short story. An entrepreneur told me a story from his college days. There is a classmate in his class, and his family is very rich. He takes six apples to school every week. The students in the dormitory thought it was one for each person, but as a result, he gave himself one every day. Although the apple is his, you can't take it without giving it to you, but since then, this classmate has left me an impression that the child is too selfish. Later, the entrepreneur succeeded, but the classmate who ate apples didn't succeed, so he hoped to join the team of entrepreneurs. But after discussion, everyone said that he could not be allowed to join, for the simple reason that he never embodied the spirit of sharing in college. So for college students, the first point is that you should share with them what you have, feelings, thoughts and wealth. Even an apple can be divided into six petals for everyone to eat together. Because you should know that you can get more in the future, and your efforts will never be in vain.

Let me tell my own story again. When I was studying in Peking University, I always had the spirit of serving my classmates. I haven't achieved much, but I have loved my work since I was a child. I hope to attract the attention of teachers and classmates through hard work, so I have been cleaning the classroom since the first grade of primary school. After I arrived at Peking University, I got into the good habit of cleaning my dormitory every day and persisted for four years. Therefore, our dormitory has never arranged health duty. In addition, I carry the kettle in my dormitory to fetch water for my classmates every day as a kind of physical exercise. You see, I'm used to painting with water, and something finally happened. Sometimes I forget to draw water, and my classmates say, "Why doesn't Yu Hongmin draw water?" . But I don't think drawing water is a bad thing. Because we are classmates together, it is natural to help each other. The students must think I did it for nothing. Ten years have passed, and by the end of 1995, New Oriental has reached a certain scale. I hope to find a partner, so I went to America and Canada to find my classmates. They are all role models in my college life, including the teacher Wang Qiang mentioned just now. I also brought a handful of dollars to lure them back. I spend money generously in the United States every day to let them know that I can also make money in China. I thought it might bring them back. Later, when they came back, they gave me a very unexpected reason. They said, "Yu, we went back to fetch water for us for four years." They said, "We know that you have such a spirit. If you have rice, you won't give us porridge. Then let's go back to China and work together in New Oriental." Only today's New Oriental.

A person's life is a life of struggle, but some people live a great life and some people live a trivial life. If we have a great ideal and a kind heart, we can pile up many trivial days and turn them into a great life. But if you are mediocre and have no ideal every day and stop making progress from now on, then your life will always be a pile of trivial things. Therefore, I hope all my classmates can pile up ordinary days into a great life. Good things, share, give me a great self, give you in my life.

There is a story that there are only two kinds of animals that can reach the top of the pyramid. One is the eagle, which flies with its own talent and wings. Another animal is a snail, which climbs up bit by bit. I believe that snails will never climb up smoothly, but they will definitely fall, climb again, and climb again. But as long as you climb to the top of the pyramid, the snail sees the world and gains the same achievements as the eagle.

Until today, I always thought I was a snail and kept crawling. As long as you are climbing, it is enough to leave yourself a touching day. I always say: If we don't leave some days for ourselves to cry, then your life will be in vain. What I want to share with you today is that human progress is a lifelong matter.

As far as I'm concerned, I think as long as there are two things, we can achieve our own life. The first is called ideal. I have an idea since I was a child, hoping to cross the horizon, towards the distant. I call it "the desire to cross the horizon". I have a neighbor who is also a role model for my life, Xu Xiake-a neighbor 500 years ago, of course. We are all from Jiangyin, Jiangsu. I made up my mind that if Xu Xiake travels all over China, I will travel all over the world. I am realizing this dream now. Therefore, as long as you have ideals and aspirations in your heart, you will eventually succeed. All you have to do is have the ability to work hard, endure setbacks and failures, and constantly expand your mind.

4. The second thing is conscience. What is conscience? Is to do good deeds, be worthy of yourself, be worthy of others, have an attitude of sharing with others, and have the spirit of being willing to serve others. Conscience will be reflected in what you do, and what you do will definitely have an impact on your future. Let me tell two short stories.

An entrepreneur told me a story when he was in college. There is a classmate in his class and his family is very rich. He takes six apples to school every week and eats one every day. Although the apple is his, he has left an impression on his classmates since then: too selfish. Later, the entrepreneur succeeded, and the classmate who ate apples hoped to join the ranks of entrepreneurs. However, when the entrepreneur discussed with his classmates, they all said that he could not be allowed to join, for the simple reason that he did not show the spirit of sharing in college. The first point of college is that you should share all your feelings, thoughts and wealth with your classmates. Even an apple can be divided into six petals for everyone to eat together. You will get more in the future, and your efforts will never be in vain.

6. Let me tell you my story again. My grades as a student have been very poor, but I have loved labor since I was a child and have been cleaning the classroom since the first grade of primary school. After I arrived at Peking University, I got into the good habit of cleaning my dormitory every day and persisted for 4 years. I carry a kettle to fetch water in the dormitory every day as a kind of physical exercise. Everyone saw that I was used to painting with water, and finally this happened. Sometimes I forget to draw water, and my classmates say, "Why doesn't Yu Hongmin draw water?" But I don't think it's a loss to draw water It is natural for students to help each other.

7. Later they came back, but they gave me a very unexpected reason. They said, "Yu, we went back to fetch water for us for four years. We know that you have food and will definitely not give us porridge, so we will go back to China together. " This is where New Oriental is today.

8. A person's life is a life of struggle, but some people live a great life and some people live a trivial life. If we have a great ideal and a kind heart, we can pile up many trivial days and turn them into a great life. But if you are mediocre and have no ideal every day and stop making progress from now on, then your life will always be a pile of trivial things. Therefore, I hope that all the students present here can pile up ordinary days into great lives.

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