my definition of failure
s－u－c－c－e－s－s. success. success is the catch-word of the times. it
goes without saying that almost all of us want to be successful.
like it or not, however, we must admit that it s not easy to achieve
success. more often than not, we have to deal with its opposite,
namely failure.
but first of all, what is failure? it is hard to define, because
dif-ferent people have different answers. however, as far as i'm
con-cerned, i think real failure is not to try hard.
it's commendable that you set your mind on the best and
con-stantly strive for it. at many times, however, it's unlikely
that you'll do the best, because of the scarcity of no. 1 and
because of the fact that the attainment of the very best involves
many things, some of which are beyond your expectation. in addition
to your own merit, that of your competitors also plays an important
part. so it is a more sensible, but no less commendable thing for
you to compete with yourself, not with others. you don t have to do
best. but you should always try to do your best in whatever you are
determined to do. if you have given it 100 percent, you are not a
failure, even though you are outplayed by others. because you have
given it 100 percent, there s nothing to regret, nor is there any
need to blame yourself. instead, you should give credit to yourself
for trying.
i don t like finding excuses for our failures, because we haven t
failed at all. take myself for example. last year, i enrolled for
the sports meet in my university and competed in the 3,000－meter
race. i did this not because i m gifted in or good at running, but
because i wanted to fulfill a childhood dream. i had been an
in-competent student of physical education or p.e., ever since i was
a primary school student. as a weak student of p.e., i never got a
chance to participate in a sports meet. i envied my classmates who
were good at sports. i used to dream of becoming one of them and
displaying my skills in a sports meet. after i entered university, i
spent much of my spare time on physical exercises, such as running,
the long jump. although i can run much faster than before, i m not
capable of winning a prize or a good place in a campus－wide run-ning
competition. in spite of that, i still entered for the event,
be-cause i wanted to challenge myself and fulfill my athletic dream.
i could have stayed away and had an easy time of it by not going in
for this race. but i chose to accept the challenge and face the
difficul-ties. i trained hard for the race, so when i came out last
but one in the competition, i didn t call my attempt a failure,
because i had tried and struggled.
real failure is not to try hard. “i will forgive myself if i fail;
i won t forgive myself if i don't try”, because “it's better to have
fought and lost than not to fight at all”.
baron pierre de coubertin, the founder of the modern olympic
movement once said：“the most important thing in olympic games is not
to win, but to take part, just like the most important thing in life
is not the triumph, but the struggle. the essential thing is not to
have conquered, but to have fought well.”
but what if we did fail in something? simple. first, don t panic,
because failure is not the end of the world. as the english saying
goes, he who falls today may rise tomorrow. second, try, try again,
because nothing is really over until the moment we stop try-ing. so
long as we persist and never give up, we will succeed eventually.
no failure is sweet. however, just as bitter medicine cures
sickness, failure may prove to be very instructive, so long as we
can put it in perspective. there is a saying that failure is the
mother of success. it's natural for us to get depressed for a
certain period of time, but we shouldn't inflate the importance of
our temporary setback and be disheartened by setbacks, even never
recover. we should be undaunted by failures and motivated to strive
even harder to succeed.
real failure is not to try hard. it is my firm belief that one's
earnest efforts will not be wasted. they will pay off either in
other ways or at other times. in this sense, today's failure
prepares tomorrow's triumph.
at last, let's bear goldsmith's remarks in mind：“our greatest
glory consists not in never falling, but rising every time we fall。”
thank you all!
微笑面对失败演讲稿精选失败演讲稿（2） | 返回目录微笑面对失败演讲稿(一)
大家好!今天我演讲的题目是《微笑面对失败》。
失败在人生中是常有的事，考试失败、比赛失败、实验失败……面对失败，不同的人有不同的态度。有的人一旦失败，就垂头丧气，自暴自弃;而另一些人则是勇敢地用微笑面对失败，找到失败的原因，最后终会取得成功。
下面给大家讲讲张海迪的故事。张海迪是中国残联主席。5岁便患上了脊髓病和高位截瘫，无法像别的孩子那样淘气。从那时起，张海迪开始了她自强自立的人生。她无法上学，便在家自学完中学课程。15岁时，她跟随父母，下放山东聊城农村，给孩子当老师。她还自学针灸医术，为乡亲们无偿治疗。她虽然没有机会走进校园，却发愤学习，自学了大学英语、日语和德语，并攻读了大学和硕士研究生的课程。1983年张海迪开始从事文学创作，先后翻译了数十万的英语小说。张海迪获得两个美誉，一个是“八十年代新雷锋”，一个是“当代保尔”。她现在是全国政协委员，在山东作家协会工作，从事创作和翻译。在残酷的命运挑战面前，张海迪没有沮丧和沉沦，她用微笑面对生活，以顽强的毅力和恒心与疾病做斗争，经受住了严峻的考验。
英国著名博物学家赫胥黎说过：“充满着欢乐与斗争精神的人们，永远带着欢乐，欢迎雷霆与阳光。”这句话就告诉我们要以一种积极乐观的态度去面对失败，那么到底如何面对失败呢?以下是我根据小组同学和我个人的意见整理出来的结果：
首先，失败了不要沮丧，哪怕是再大的失败，也应该振作起来，对自己说：“我能行!”然后，分析一下失败的原因，当然，失败的原因可能是多方面的，但最主要的还是要想想自己有没有做得不够完美的地方。最后，重新树立起信心，如果还有机会，就充满斗志地再去拼搏一次;如果没有机会了，也不能灰心，应该想想这次失败给自己带来的教训，看能不能在别的方面有所启发。
其实，失败就是一个跷跷板，你越消沉，它便越得意。但如果你积极乐观，那么它就会被你踩在脚下。既然如此，为什么我们不用微笑来面对挫折与失败呢?
让我们一起树立起自信的风帆吧，不要害怕失败，不要害怕挫折，我相信，只要有坚定的信念与乐观的态度，就一定能够战胜失败，获得成功!让我们一起用微笑来面对失败吧!
我的讲话完毕，谢谢大家。
微笑面对失败演讲稿(二)
亲爱的同学们，你们好!今天我演讲的题目是《微笑面对失败》。
生活中，失败是常有的，它是一个考验，也是一个转折点，这个转折点好比是个分岔口，这条岔道分出了两条路，而这两条路就需要我们去选择它。如果你选择灰心丧气，这条路将通向彻底的 失败，我们应该选择另一条路——微笑面对，它使我们吸取教训，走上奋起拼搏之路。
当你做某件事情失败了，心情肯定糟透了。就好象一只无家可归的流浪狗。当傍晚夕阳西下时，喧嚣的城市亮起了让人眼花缭乱的霓虹灯。而小狗只能步在嘈杂的商店旁，身处闹市却感到萧索荒凉。下雨了，小狗狂奔向已倒闭的商店躲雨，甩掉身上雨水，却还是湿淋淋的。天下这么大，却容不下我一只小狗……失败后的心情就好象被世界抛弃一样无助，心空荡荡如也。突然发现原来我是这么不行，一点也坚强，顷刻间泪水像断了线的珠子悄无声息地侵犯我的眼睛，攻占我的脸。急促的呼吸促使鼻涕一会儿露面，一会儿玩藏猫猫。好吧!就让悔恨的泪水冲刷掉心中的伤痛，尽情发泄吧!
短暂的发泄后，回头想想：失败是生活中、学习上难免存在的。一个人一生中不可能没有经历过失败的折磨。而地球也不会因为失败而停止转动，四季更不会因此而停止更替。所以请用微笑来面对失败吧!
失败就好似生活中的一个片段，如果缺少了它，生活就失去色彩，失去生机与活力。正是因为有了它，生活才如此美丽。正因为有了它，才让人们感到成功是多么来之不易。失败的惆怅用微笑去迎接能豁然开朗，心胸荡漾;失败的悔恨用微笑去面对能忘掉忧愁，重新认识自我;失败的不光荣用微笑去面对能驱逐自卑，树立自信。失败就好比一块挡路石，微笑就是自信大锤，一锤下去，失败变得粉身碎骨，看到了成功的道路。
天才不一定是成功者，而敢于用微笑面对失败的人，一定是成功者!
即兴演讲稿：失败、挫折的道路也许是通向成功的捷径失败演讲稿（3） | 返回目录首先我给大家讲个小故事：曾经有一个喜爱雕塑的青年，想拜一位雕刻家为师。但，正如雕塑家对自己的作品一样，他招收徒弟的条件十分苛刻。整整五年，青年每塑好一件作品，都会拿去让雕塑家过目，但雕塑家却看也不看一眼，就将它毫不留情地打碎。有许多人认为雕塑家不近人情，但，他的妻子却不以为然，而是说了一句意味深长的话：“只要信心没有被打碎。”结果，青年最终如愿以偿，且青出于蓝而胜于蓝，超越了自己的恩师。
人生在世，不可能总是平平安安、一帆风顺，总会遇到这样那样意想不到的困难，但我们不能没有信心，只要振作精神，下定决心，排除万难，就一定会有希望。张海迪，对生活充满了信心，以顽强的毅力快乐地学习和生活，并且实现了生命的最大价值。她活出了自身的美丽，活出了自己的出类拔萃。她是生活的强者。
80多年前的一个夜晚，一场大火无情地烧毁了爱迪生的研制工厂。次日早晨，67岁的爱迪生踩在百万交道的废墟上，乐观地说：“现在我们又可以重新开始了。”爱迪生心中燃烧着不灭的信心之火，在科学的征途中奋斗了一生，他是事业上的强者。
“看成败，人生豪迈，只不过是从头再来。”这首歌唱得好极了，它唱出了我的心声。当我第一次听到这首歌的刹那，我的精神为之一振，我的心立刻与歌词产生了共鸣。我的前半生也有过几次从头再来的经历，现在想起来，它使我懂得了：“一旦失败，应当毫不犹豫站起来，从头再来。”这就是信心。信心是胜利者、成功者的“摇篮”。
“人生之光荣，不在永不失败，而在能屡仆屡起”(拿破仑语)。特别是在这个竞争日益激烈的社会，即使生活无情地将我们的奋斗、努力打成碎片，但只要信心没有被打碎，只要我们的心中能保持自信的火种，我们就可以一次又一次地点燃生命的激情和活力，勇敢地与命运之神、风险危机抗争，让生命焕发出智慧与坚强的光辉。
只要信心没有被打碎，这句话应该成为我们的人生箴言，如是，我们就将成为一个不可战胜的人，就可以创造出人间奇迹。
《没有失败便不叫青春》励志演讲稿失败演讲稿（4） | 返回目录各位同学：
你们好!
就像人离不开自己的影子一样，成功也总离不开失败，尽管人们千方百计地摆脱，然而失败依然困扰着每一个人。或许是生意场上的失利，或许是仕途上的阻挠，或许是运动场上的落后，然而对于我们来说，失败只是迟到的成功。
如今，求学的压力，生活的压力越来越大。但在这紧张的氛围下，你不妨静静地闭上眼、仰起脸，感受天空中洒下的阳光，让它渗透你的每一寸肌肤，你会发现，有一股炽热的血液在体内沸腾，有一种似火的激情在痛快地燃烧，有一种如阳光一般的暖流将受伤的心灵抚慰!而这，就是你拥有的炫丽的青春啊!它轻轻而又响亮地告诉你：年轻没有失败!
拿破仑说：光荣的成功不在于永不失败，而在于屡仆屡起，于是便有叱咤风云的法兰西第一帝国。贝多芬说：卓越的人的最大优点是在不利与艰难的遭遇里百折不挠，于是便有了享誉全球的音乐大师。失败是一笔财富，它能给人奋发向上的动力，给人直面挫折的勇气，给人饱经风霜的坚强。而年轻时的失败更是一笔财富，不经百炼，何以成钢?斗争的生活使你干练，苦闷的煎熬使你醇化，失败为你铺就一条走向成熟走向成功的大道
不要为失败而气恼，失败对我们来说只是成功与成功之间的过渡。请相信，当你长途跋涉之后，当你艰辛攀登之后，当你已经精疲力竭之时，成功就在前面迎接你、振奋你，让你再一次投入到事业的博击中去;请相信，我们是东方那一轮火红的朝阳，我们终将穿透云层，辉煌地升起，发出光芒万丈!
青春易逝，我们踱着脚漫步在生活的诗行里，成功与失败互相交替，成为一幕幕插曲。
人生的患得患失、大起大落，只不过是上亿年地球史中的沧海一粟。
失败何所惧!
一个故事总要留点遗憾方显完美;一种结局总要有点残缺方显言尽意犹存的韵味。有谁的世界总是成功?人生多风雨，世事足悲泣!然而，世人总注重结果而忽略了过程。在物欲横流的大千世界，悲观处世者总在抱怨。无能的青年忘记了自己的浅薄，慵懒与堕落，习惯了畏缩不前，习惯了无休止的叹息。
既然不能鲜花簇拥，何不让自己归于平淡，是自己不尽完美，何不奋起直追。
离自己的战火近一点，尽力拼搏，努力追求，找回属于自己的成功。人生的梦想在亘古不变世界里演绎着忧伤与难忘，原始的野性呼唤着我们。古老而凄寂的荒漠上徘徊着驮着皮囊的骆驼，它们永远向着绿洲而疲劳的奔波。正值青春年少的我们，何不用自己的声音去唤醒湮灭的慵懒灵魂呢?
一湾溪流，曲折回转中激起心旷神怡的鸣响;一波巨澜，潮起潮落中隐藏着惊心动魄般的气势。
博观约取，厚积薄发。人生没有失败。
我的演讲完毕，谢谢大家。