英语励志故事短文(精选10篇)

张东东老师

  英语励志故事短文 篇1

  Weather Predict A film was on location deep in the. One day an old Indian went up to the director and, "Tomorrow rain." The next day it rained. A later, the Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow." The next day there was a hailstorm. "This Indian is incredible," said the director. He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather. However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didnt show up for two weeks. Finally the director sent for him. "I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," said the director, "and Im depending on you. What will the weather be like?" The 天 Indian shrugged his shoulders. "Dont know," he said. "Radio is broken."

  英语励志故事短文 篇2

  When Henry ford decided to produce his famous v-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design in one for the engine. The design was placed on paper, but the engineers agreed, to a man, that it was simply impossible to cast an eight-cylinder engine-block in .

  Ford said, “Produce it anyway.”

  “But,” they replied, “It’s impossible!”

  “Go ahead.” Ford commanded, “And stay on the job until you succeed, no matter how much time is required.”

  The engineers went ahead. There was nothing else for them to do, if they were to remain on the ford staff. Six months passed and nothing happened. Another six months passed, and still nothing happened. The engineers tried every conceivable plan to carry out the orders, but the thing seemed out of the question:“impossible!”

  At the end of the year ford checked with his engineers, and again they informed him they had found no way to carry out his orders.

  “go right head,” said ford, “I want it, and I’ll have it.”

  They went ahead, and then, as if by a stroke of magic, the secret was discovered.

  The ford determination had won once more!

  This story may not be described with minute accuracy, but the sum and substance of it is correct. Deduce from it, you who wish to think and grow rich, the secret of the ford millions, if you can. You’ll not have to look very far.

  Henry ford was successful, because he understood and applied the principles of success. One of these is desire: knowing out the lines in which the secret of his stupendous achievement have been described. If you can do this, if you can lay your finger on the particular group of principles which made Henry ford rich, you can equal his achievements in almost any calling for which you are suited.

  英语励志故事短文 篇3

  An old woman having lost the use of her eyes, called in a physician to heal them, and made this bargain with him in the presence of witnesses:

  That if he should cure her blindness, he should receive from her a sum of money; but if her infirmity remained, she should give him nothing.

  This agreement being made, the physician, time after time, applied his salve to her eyes, and on every visit took something away, stealing all her property little by little.

  And when he had got all she had, he healed her and demanded the promised payment.

  The old woman, when she recovered her sight and saw none of her goods in her house, would give him nothing.

  The physician insisted on his claim, and. as she still refused, summoned her before the judge.

  The old woman, standing up in the court, argued: "this man here speaks the truth in what he says; for i did promise to give him a sum of money if i should recover my sight:

  But if i continued blind, i was to give him nothing.

  Now he declares that I am healed. I, on the contrary affirm that I am still blind; for when I lost the use of my eyes, I saw in my house various chattels and valuable goods: But now, though he swears i am cured of my blindness, i am not able to see a single thing in it."

  英语励志故事短文 篇4

  A dog is very thirsty. But he only sees some empty pails. There is no water in them. The dog goes on looking for water. He comes to a small house. There is a girl in it. The girl goes out with a pail. “She goes to a well,” the dog thinks and follows her. The dog is right. The girl comes to a well and puts down the pail, and the pail is full of water, there the girl goes back to her house.

  “ Water! Great!” the dog says and runs to the well. He jumps into the well without thought.”

  The water is good. The dog is happy and drinks much. But he can’t jump out of the well. He waits and waits. But no one comes. “I’m hungry now. I must go out,” he thinks.

  At the time a thirsty goat comes to the well. He looks at the water and the dog. “Is the water good?” the goat asks. “ Of course. Come down,” the dog says. Then the goat jumps into the well, too. Then dog is happy. He jumps on the goat’s back and jumps out of the well.

  The dog has a look at the goat and says, “Goodbye!” Then he leaves.

  英语励志故事短文 篇5

  One man went to buy a parrot and saw a parrots front mark: the parrot would have two languages for two hundred yuan. The other parrot before the mark: the parrot will have four languages, and it sells for four hundred yuan. Which one should I buy? Both hair color is bright, very flexible and lovely. The man turns and turns, cant make up his mind. All of a sudden, a parrot, who had lost his teeth, had a dim and disordered coat marked with a price of eight hundred yuan. The man hastened to call the boss, "does this parrot speak eight languages?" The shopkeeper said: No, no. The man is strange: why is it old, ugly, and unable to be able to value this number? The shopkeeper answered: because the other two parrots were called the parrot boss.

  This story tells us that a real leader is not necessarily strong in his ability. As long as he understands trust, understands power and understands treasuring, he will be stronger than himself, so as to improve his status. On the contrary many ability is very strong because people are too perfect, hands-on, what people are not as good as their own, and finally can only do the best PR staff, sales representatives, to become a good leader

  英语励志故事短文 篇6

  The small camel in the zoo asked her mother, "Mom, mom, why are our eyelashes so long?" The mother of the camel said, "when the wind and sand come, the long lashes can make us see the direction in the storm."

  10 classic inspirational stories. " The small camel asked, "mother and mother, why are our backs so camel and the ugly dead!" Camel mother said, "this is called hump. It can save a lot of water and nutrients for us, so that we can tolerate more than ten days water free conditions in the desert." The small camel asked, "Mom, mom, why are our feet so thick?"

  "The camel mother said," it can make our heavy body not in the soft sand, easy to travel long. " Small camel pleased bad: "Wow, so useful that we ah!! But mom, why are we still in the zoo and not going to the desert hiking? "

  To be useful, but no one now used. A good state of mind + a successful textbook + an infinite stage = success. The potential of each person is unlimited, and the key is to find a stage that can give full play to its potential.

  英语励志故事短文 篇7

  A young rich man to consult a success, but the rich man took three different sizes in front of a watermelon on the youth, "If each piece of watermelon on behalf of the interests of a certain extent, you choose that piece?"

  "Of course is the biggest piece of!" Young did not hesitate to answer.

  Rich man smiled: "Well, please now!" Rich people to the biggest piece of watermelon to the youth, while they eat the smallest piece.

  Soon, rich on the finish, and then pick up the last piece of watermelon table proudly shook the face of the young, with big stuttering.

  Young people immediately understand the meaning of the rich: the rich man does not eat the melon melon young people, and eat more than young people.

  If each piece of watermelon on behalf of the interests of a certain degree, then the interests of rich natural possession of more than youth.

  Eating watermelon, rich youth said: "To be successful, we must learn to give up, only to give up immediate interests in order to obtain long-term Italian, and this is my success."

  英语励志故事短文 篇8

  Once a small country came to China and paid tribute to three of the same golden men, and the emperor was happy. But the people of this small country are not thick, and at the same time, the question is: which of the three gold men is the most valuable? The emperor thought a lot of ways, and asked the jeweler to check it. It called the weight, and the work was the same. What should I do? The messenger is waiting to go back and report it. Great country, not even all the things you do not understand? Finally, a retired old minister said he had a way of doing it. Emperor envoy will go to the great hall, veteran chest successful enough to hold three straw, the first Jins ears, this straw ear out the other side. The second straw Jin directly from the mouth off, while the third Jin, after the straw get into the stomach, what does not ring. The minister said: the third most valuable jin! Messenger was silent, the right answer.

  The story tells us that the most valuable person is not necessarily the best person to say. God gives us two ears and one mouth, which is to let us listen less. To be good at listening is the basic quality of a mature man.

  英语励志故事短文 篇9

  Two men in the forest met a big tiger. A quickly removed a pair of more portable sneakers from behind. B died suddenly, shouted: "what are you doing, then running shoes are also a tiger but ah!" "I just run faster than you," A said.

  In twenty-first Century, the lack of a sense of crisis was the biggest crisis. Especially in approaching, telecommunications, banking, insurance, and even those we think that the civil service is very stable and secure business, will also face a number of variables. When more tigers come, are we ready for our own running shoes?

  英语励志故事短文 篇10

  One evening, it was raining and the wind was blowing hard. An old couple came to an inn and prepared to put up for the night (投宿)there. A young man received them with open arms(热地), but said "I”m sorry! Our guest rooms here are all full and the inns nearby are all full, too, for there will be an important meeting to be held here tomorrow."

  Hearing the young man”s words, the old couple felt very disappointed, and turned around to leave.

  Just as they were leaving, the young man came up to them and stopped them: "Madam and sir, if you don”t mind, you can sleep in my bedroom for a night......."

  The next evening, the old couple took out lots of money to give it to the young man, but he refused to take it.

  "No!You needn”t pay me any money, for I only lend my room to you." said the young man with a smile on his face.

  "You”re great, young man! It”s very kind of you. Maybe one day, I”ll build a hotel for you!" said the old man gratefully.

  With these words, the old couple left.

  Gazing at their receding figures, the young man only laughed and went on working.

  Several years later, the young man suddenly received a letter from the old couple, inviting him to go to Manhattan(曼哈顿) .

  The young man met the old couple in front of a luxury hotel(豪华饭店).

  "Do you still remember what I said to you several years ago? Look! This is the hotel that I built for you!" said the old man.

  Soon, the young man became the manager of the hotel.