当你撑不下去时，不妨听听这段话【奥斯卡影帝励志演讲】中英大字幕 慢语速英语 Denzel Washington Powerful Speech

[Music] I found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

Nothing.

Nelson Mandela said, "There is no passion to be found playing small and settling for a life that's less than the one you're capable of living." Now, I'm

sure in your experiences in school and applying to college and picking your major and deciding what you want to do with life, I'm sure people have told you to make sure you have something to fall back on. Make sure you got something to

back on. Make sure you got something to fall back on, honey.

But I never understood that concept, having something to fall back on.

If I'm going to fall, I don't want to fall back on anything except my faith. I want to fall forward.

I figure at least this way I'll see what I'm going to hit.

Without consistency, you'll never finish. So do what you feel passionate about, passionate about. Take

chances.

Don't be afraid to fail. There's an old IQ test was nine dots and you had to draw five lines with a pencil within these nine dots without lifting the

pencil. The only way to do it was to go

pencil. The only way to do it was to go outside the box.

So don't be afraid to go outside the box.

Don't be afraid to think outside the box. Don't be afraid to fail big, to

box. Don't be afraid to fail big, to dream big. But remember,

dream big. But remember, dreams without goals are just dreams.

Reggie Jackson struck out 2600 times in his career. the most in the history of

his career. the most in the history of baseball. But you don't hear about the

baseball. But you don't hear about the strikeouts. People remember the home

strikeouts. People remember the home runs.

Fall forward.

Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments. Did you know that? I didn't

experiments. Did you know that? I didn't

know that. Because the 1,0001st was the light bulb.

Fall forward.

Every failed experiment is one step closer to success. You've got to take risks. And I'm sure you've probably

risks. And I'm sure you've probably heard that before, but I want to talk to you about why that's so important.

You will fail at some point in your life. Accept it. You will lose. You will

life. Accept it. You will lose. You will

embarrass yourself. You will suck at something. There's no doubt about it.

something. There's no doubt about it.

And I know that's probably not a traditional message for a graduation ceremony, but hey, I'm telling you, embrace it because it's inevitable.

In the acting business, you fail all the time. Early on in my career, I

time. Early on in my career, I auditioned for a part in a Broadway musical. Perfect role for me, I thought,

musical. Perfect role for me, I thought, except for the fact that I can't sing. I

didn't get the job. But here's the thing.

I didn't quit.

I didn't fall back.

I walked out of there to prepare for the next audition and the next audition and the next audition. I prayed.

I prayed and I prayed.

But I continued to fail and fail and fail. But it didn't matter because you

fail. But it didn't matter because you know what? There's an old saying, you

know what? There's an old saying, you hang around the barber shop long enough, sooner or later you're going to get a haircut. So you will catch a break. And

haircut. So you will catch a break. And

I did catch a break.

Last year, I did a play called Fences on Broadway.

But here's the kicker.

It was at the Court Theater.

It was at the same theater that I failed that first audition 30 years prior.

The point is, every graduate here today has the training and the talent to succeed. But do you have the guts to

succeed. But do you have the guts to fail?

If you don't fail, you're not even trying.

I'll say it again. If you don't fail, you're not even trying.

To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did. So, you

got to get out there. You got to give it everything you got. Whether it's your time, your your your talent, your prayers, or

your treasures.

What are you going to do with what you have? I'm not talking about how much you

have? I'm not talking about how much you have. Some of you are business majors.

have. Some of you are business majors.

Some of you are theologians, nurses, sociologists. Some of you have money.

sociologists. Some of you have money.

Some of you have patience. Some of you have kindness. Some of you have love.

have kindness. Some of you have love.

Some of you have the gift of longsuffering. Whatever it is, whatever

longsuffering. Whatever it is, whatever your gift is, what are you going to do with what you have?

All right. Now, here's my last point about failure.

Sometimes it's the best way to figure out where you're going.

Your life will never be a straight path.

I began at form university as a premed student. I I took a course called

student. I I took a course called cardiac morphagenesis. I couldn't read

cardiac morphagenesis. I couldn't read it. I couldn't say it. I sure couldn't

it. I couldn't say it. I sure couldn't pass it. So then I decided to go into

pass it. So then I decided to go into pre-law, then journalism. And with no academic focus, my grades took off in their own direction.

I was a 1.8 8 GPA one semester and the university very politely suggested that it might be better to take some time off.

I was 20 years old. I was at my lowest point. And then one day, and I remember

point. And then one day, and I remember the exact day, March 27th, 1975, I was helping my mother in her beauty shop. My

mother owned a beauty shop up in Mount Vernon. And there's there was this older

Vernon. And there's there was this older woman who was uh considered one of the elders in the town. And I didn't know her personally, but I I was looking in the mirror, and every time I looked at the mirror, I could see her be behind

me, and she was staring at me. She just

kept looking at me. Every time I looked at her, she kept giving me these strange looks. So, she finally took the dryer

looks. So, she finally took the dryer off her head and said to some, she said something I'll never forget.

She said, "Young boy, I have a prophecy, a spiritual prophecy."

She said, "You are going to travel the world and speak to millions of people because later that summer while working as a counselor at the YMCA camp in Connecticut, we put on a talent show for

the campers." And after the show,

the campers." And after the show, another counselor came up to me and asked, "Have you ever thought about acting? You're good at that." So when I

acting? You're good at that." So when I got back to form that fall, I got in and I changed my major once again for the last time. And in the years that

last time. And in the years that followed, just as that woman prophesies, I have traveled the world and I have spoken to millions of people through my

movies. Millions who up till this day

movies. Millions who up till this day couldn't see me. I who who up till this day I couldn't see while I was talking to them and they couldn't see me. They

could only see the movie. They couldn't

see the real me.

But I see you today.

And I'm encouraged by what I see.

And I'm strengthened by what I see.

And I love what I see.

Many years ago, I did this movie called Philadelphia. In a way, if you watch the

Philadelphia. In a way, if you watch the movie, you'll see everything I'm talking about today. You'll see what I mean

about today. You'll see what I mean about taking risk or being willing to fail. Because taking risk is not just

fail. Because taking risk is not just about going for a job. It's also about knowing what you know and what you don't

know. It's about being open to people

know. It's about being open to people and to ideas.

In the course of the film, the character I play begins to take small steps,

small risks. He very very very slowly

small risks. He very very very slowly begins to overcome his fears.

While it may be frightening, it will also be rewarding because the chances you take, the people you meet, the people you love, the faith

that you have, that's what's going to define you.

Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship.

Keep striving. Never give up. Fall down

seven times. Get up 8.

[Music] Never be discouraged.

Never hold back.

Give everything you got.

And when you fall throughout life, remember this.

Fall forward.

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