Here is a roundup of what are probably the best motivational speeches and lessons found in certain films. They are not all here, since YouTube is somewhat limited in this respect, but we can certainly gather some of the best. Yesterday we published two speeches in “text” form, which are certainly inspiring.
Personally, I would pick Rocky Balboa’s lesson to his son. It is a message everyone should hear at some point in their life, when they forget that there is a deadline for blaming your parents, your school, the system and so on, and fail to see that the situation we live in the future is, one way or another, the situation we have chosen to live.
1. Success is the sum of inches
Film: Any Given Sunday.
Watch: the “inches” speech from Any Given Sunday
2. If you know what you’re worth, go out and get what you deserve
Film: Rocky Balboa.
Watch: Rocky’s speech to his son
3. A motivational speech about life
Film: Good Will Hunting.
Watch: the scene from Good Will Hunting
4. Motivation for salespeople. I’ve been a rich man and a poor man, and I’d rather be rich every time.
Film: The Wolf of Wall Street.
Watch: the speech from The Wolf of Wall Street
5. The legendary scene from Glengarry Glen Ross. Tough sales motivation and a crash course.
Watch: the scene from Glengarry Glen Ross
6. A lesson in humility. Since when is winning not enough?
Film: Coach Carter.
Watch: the scene from Coach Carter
7. If you have a dream, you have to protect it
Film: The Pursuit of Happyness.
Watch: the scene from The Pursuit of Happyness
8. A motivational speech for making the most of being fired. How much did they pay you to give up on your dreams?
Film: Up in the Air.
Watch: the scene from Up in the Air
9. This is where the game is won, and you have to see it first. And we all have our own “swing”
Film: The Legend of Bagger Vance.
Watch: the scene from The Legend of Bagger Vance
10. If I play my cards right, I could end up president (not a motivational speech, but the right one to close the list)
Film: Good Will Hunting.
Watch: the closing scene from Good Will Hunting
Further reading
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