I need to prepare and deliver a birthday speech for 18 yrs old. Ideas on what to say?

Answer 1

happy birthday.
when are you moving out?

Answer 2

Seek the Lord. That's why you're here. You're only here for a moment. Might as well make it worthwhile.

Finances:
There's no romance without finance.
Buy low. Sell high.

Life is like a s**t sandwich.
The more bread you have the less s**t you have to eat.

Love:
Marriage isn't a 50/50 proposition.
It's more like 80/20 - for BOTH of you.
Sometimes you're 10 she's 90.
Sometimes she's 0 and you're 100.
That's marriage.

Love is the only thing you came in here with and it's the only thing you're taking with you.

Strive to treat others with gentleness and tenderness.
Everyone is going through some kind of a trial.
Everyone.

Answer 3

You're gonna have to do a little research here! Look on it as a fun project for a few days(if you have that long) and talk to the person's parents and friends. Find out what schooling or academic talents they have achieved. Ask friends if they remember any outstanding talents,kindnesses or special qualities they have displayed. Also any humorous incidents to lighten the speech a little... but not embarrassing or secret ones of course.
Don't make it too long, just be yourself, and if possible, leave 'em laughing! Good luck!

Answer 4

Well, do you want it all sappy and to make them cry, or do you want it to be silly so everybody laughs and has a great time? You could come up with a story about the person when they were small on one of their birthdays, or something special they did, and let that lead into "... and now, to see little so-and-so on the brink of adulthood..." and take it from there. Or, you could get up and say something to the effect of "it's so nice to see you all gathered here to celebrate so-and-so's birthday. And are we happy to see 18 come so they can get their butts outta Mom & Dad's house..." and move on with that. *l* Good luck! Have fun with it! Think about the person you're doing it for. What would they appreciate?

Answer 5

I think the following is the most poignant message I've heard in a long time:

Everybody's Free
(to wear sunscreen)
Mary Schmich
Chicago Tribune

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’97... wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT.

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

You are NOT as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.


Sing.
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.


Floss.
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.


Stretch.
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.


Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

Answer 6

get a little kahlua tipsy the ideas will come like a blizzard!

Answer 7

do some research and find out what was "in" 18 years ago, or say "such and such" happened 18 years ago.

Answer 8

1. without faith you have nothing
2. dont think of right now think later

Answer 9

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU OLD FART.