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From the August 2004 American Speaker issue:
Instant Speeches
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'Instant inspiration' for your next motivational speech
Whether you’re speaking to students, staff, club members, fellow parishioners, community groups or the general public, one of the chief aims of any good speaker is to inspire. And one of the best ways to inspire is to tell true stories about people whose lives exemplify achievement, honor, bravery and sacrifice.
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Inspiration I: The Case of the Fatherless Child
He was born poor and illegitimate in the West Indies. His father abandoned him when he was 9. When he was 11 years old, his mother died of a tropical fever that nearly killed him too. To survive, he took his first job—as a clerk in a merchant house—at the tender age of 9.
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Inspiration II: A Real Sports Hero for Today’s Kids
Most of us don’t look for sports news in the Wall Street Journal. But on April 26, 2004, the Journal ran a short editorial dedicated to a professional athlete ... although you might not have known it from the headline.
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