<p>I need to think up of topics for my Speech to Inspire and Persuade. Does anyone know anything that had been thought to be "impossible" but that has been done? For example, before planes, flying was thought to have been impossible for humans. I'm having a hard time thinking of a real solid topic or central idea for my speech though. I know that I want it to have something to do with "impossible", inspiration from role models, and never give up... but it seems pretty broad to me. Any ideas? Thanks. :D</p>
<p>Crossing the Atlantic, the transcontinental railroad, increasing the average world temperature significantly in only decades, there's plenty of topics out there.</p>
<p>well yeah, so many people have accomplished many things. but I don't really know what theme or main message I need to send. "that nothing is impossible?"</p>
<p>To me, some of the most inspiring, heroic stories are about Holocaust rescuers. No, not big names like Raul Wallenberg and Oskar Schindler, bless them. Also, any Nazi resistance groups, and the Danish and Polish Underground in WWII. Consider that close to everybody living in Occupied Europe never dared stretch the conscience or play witness to the Holocaust or Hitler's crimes. And if you did, you had to pay the highest of consequences, usually death.</p>
<p>It's not doing anything impossible, really, but it's going against impossible odds. The Danish Underground saved nearly all of Denmark's Jews--about 7,500 of its 8,000. And of the remaining 500, all but 50 survived, because of the pressure by the Danish government. And that seems pretty darn impossible, eh? And these were regular people! Denmark takes enormous pride in it. </p>
<p>And this is not the most happiest speech topic ever, ha ha. But just an idea from my personal taste.</p>
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It's not doing anything impossible, really, but it's going against impossible odds.
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<p>i agree with this. people can't readily identify with arctic explorers or olympic runners, but stories about everyday people overcoming difficult circumstances might hit closer to the heart (and also broaden the view of your listeners who might not sympathize with or know about people who have a harder time in life)</p>
<p>going to the moon?</p>
<p>Nothing is impossible is kind of a typical message. Why not inspire and persuade somebody about something that's new, or at least original? Everybody knows all the man on the moon, flying across the ocean stories. What about something they don't know?</p>