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40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes

By Alex in Video Clips on Dec 15, 2008 at 2:38 am


If it’s an inspiring speech, you betcha it has been said in the movies somewhere. Here’s a truly inspiring video clip, edited by Matthew Belinkie of OverthinkingIt: 40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes.

Transcript:

Shame on you. This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you’re going to let it be the worst. And I guarantee a week won’t go by in your life you won’t regret walking out, letting them get the best of you. Well, I’m not going home. We’ve come too far! And I’m going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. A day may come when the courage of men fails… but it is not THIS day. The line must be drawn HERE. This far, no further! I’m not saying it’s going to be easy. You’re going to work harder than you ever worked before. But that’s fine, we’ll just get tougher with it! If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination, failure is not an option. That’s how winning is done! Believe me when I say we can break this army here, and win just one for the Gipper. But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time: you’ve got to get mad. I mean plum mad dog mean. If you would be free men, then you must fight to fulfill that promise! Let us cut out their living guts one inch at a time, and they will know what we can do! Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions! You’re like a big bear, man! This is YOUR time! Seize the day, never surrender, victory or death… that’s the Chicago Way! Who’s with me? Clap! Clap! Don’t let Tink die! Clap! Alright! Let’s fly! And gentlemen in England now abed shall know my name is the Lord when I tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our Independence Day!

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  1. Tanya
    Dec 15th, 2008 at 9:36 am

    I think the last 10 seconds is the best part.

  2. liphttam1
    Dec 15th, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    they will never take are independence day? Whaaaaaa?

  3. Jim
    Dec 15th, 2008 at 7:21 pm

    Believe in the stars? It's like it doesn't even mean anything anymore!

  4. Ola Amigo
    Dec 15th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

    Good stuff!

  5. Sharnese LaNier
    Dec 15th, 2008 at 11:46 pm

    "If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination, failure is not an option. That’s how winning is done!" I better grit some teeth, so I can win! I like the video, it was unique.

  6. Ray
    Dec 16th, 2008 at 7:11 am

    "know my name is the Lord" Um, "know my name is the law" maybe?
    Well edited, too bad it's Americentric, though. Would have been easy to make it universally inspiring.

  7. Fiona
    Dec 16th, 2008 at 7:58 am

    Where was "I'm not here to make friends"?

  8. ted
    Dec 16th, 2008 at 8:13 am

    It was actually pretty good for what it was.

    Ray, if you want to do an international one, you go ahead and do an international one.

    Whiner.

  9. Slim
    Dec 16th, 2008 at 11:19 am

    Best one I saw on screen was Morgan Freeman's speech in the Civil War movie, Glory. Went something like "...these white boys having been dying by the thousands for years...and for what?...you, fool! It's time for us to ante up, ante up like men!"

  10. kelly
    Dec 16th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

    Thank you for that very insightful video. I am always learning how to express myself better without making people fall asleep! Gonna twitter your URL! Yeah, I am a Twitterholic! :)

  11. Pon
    Dec 18th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    Ray,
    I guess you have not yet watched Pulp Fiction. In a memorable scene, the hit man Jules, (Sam Jackson) says, "Ezekiel 25:17: The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the Valley of Darkness; for he is truly his brother's keeper, and the finder of lost children. And, I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers! And, you will know my name is The Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee!"

  12. Johnny Cat
    Jan 2nd, 2009 at 11:33 pm

    A-

    Great bookends with the Braveheart thing. Good choices all around, mr. matthew. One thing: cut the Connery line, "It's the Chicago way."

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