A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1

  1. Speaker 1


    Mirror
    Castle
    Violin

  2. Speaker 2


    Train
    Backpack
    Snowman

  3. Speaker 3


    Bicycle
    Candle
    Mountain

  4. Speaker 4


    Bridge
    Skateboard
    Camera

  5. Speaker 5


    Statue
    Radio
    Chocolate

  6. Speaker 6


    Ring
    Tractor
    Umbrella

  7. Speaker 7


    Bookstore
    Garden
    Teacher

Round 2

  1. Speaker 1


    Honesty
    Loyalty
    Anger

  2. Speaker 2


    Pride
    Hope
    Trust

  3. Speaker 3


    Love
    Patience
    Doubt

  4. Speaker 4


    Fairness
    Responsibility
    Faith

  5. Speaker 5


    Wisdom
    Courage
    Ambition

  6. Speaker 6


    Forgiveness
    Greed
    Happiness

  7. Speaker 7


    Discipline
    Tolerance
    Confidence

Round 3

  1. Speaker 1


    The early bird catches the worm.
    A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. --Chinese Proverb
    Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

  2. Speaker 2


    When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. --Japanese Proverb
    Empty barrels make the most noise.
    Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. --Kenyan Proverb

  3. Speaker 3


    The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth. --African Proverb
    All that glitters is not gold.
    The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

  4. Speaker 4


    Even the tallest tree has roots.
    He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. --Napoleon
    When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion. --Ethiopian Proverb

  5. Speaker 5


    Better safe than sorry.
    The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now. --Chinese Proverb
    The grass is always greener on the other side.

  6. Speaker 6


    An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
    A closed mouth catches no flies.
    Fall seven times and stand up eight. --Japanese Proverb

  7. Speaker 7


    Time and tide wait for no man.
    You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. --Indian Proverb
    Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. --African Proverb

Finals

  1. Speaker 1


    “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” --Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” --Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” --Martin Luther King Jr.

  2. Speaker 2


    “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” --Aristotle
    “I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.” --Estee Lauder
    “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” --Albert Einstein

  3. Speaker 3


    “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” --Walt Disney
    “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” --Mahatma Gandhi
    “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” --Eleanor Roosevelt

  4. Speaker 4


    “Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.” --John F. Kennedy
    “A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.” --Neil Gaiman
    “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” --Nelson Mandela

  5. Speaker 5


    “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” --Norman Vincent Peale
    “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” --Aristotle
    “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” --Mark Twain

  6. Speaker 6


    “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” --Confucius
    “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” --Wayne Gretzky
    “The pen is mightier than the sword.” --Edward Bulwer-Lytton

  7. Speaker 7


    “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” --James Baldwin
    “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --Winston Churchill
    “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” --Mark Twain