4 Motivational Speeches

4 Motivational Speeches about Life

Motivational speeches can provide a fresh perspective, reignite motivation and inspire change.

Whether you’re looking for a little more ‘fire’ in your motivation level, or your big goals and dreams have become a little too buried under ‘real life’, inspirational speeches are a great way to help.

The best motivational speakers are able to explain their obstacles, their failures and their successes in a simple, thought provoking way.

1. Randy Pausch: Last Lecture ‘Achieving Your Childhood Dreams’ Speech 

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”

“The key question to keep asking is, “Are you spending your time on the right things?”

“Time is all you have, and you may find one day that you have less than you think.”

2. J.K. Rowling Speech: ‘The Fringe Benefits of Failure’

“There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.”

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.”

“You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.”

3. Arunima Sinha: ‘On top of the World’ Speech

“The biggest motivator is you yourself. The day your inner-self is awakened toward any goal, nobody can stop you from reaching that goal.”

“Imagine being so close to your target, and someone tells you to turn back. Imagine how that would feel…….You don’t get golden chances like this again and again. It depends on you if you take these chances or let go. I never wanted to let go of my golden chance…..sometimes in life, situations arise where you are all alone, and only you have to take a decision, wherever you are, turn back to see and reflect, that you have reached here step by step, just put forward your foot once more. You’ll see after some time, you’ll be at the top.”

“My belief is that luck favours those who have the passion to win. If you don’t have the passion to win, then in all directions, there are only excuses, only excuses.”

4. Jim Carrey: Commencement Address at the 2014 MUM Graduation

“Life doesn’t happen to you, it happens for you.”

“There is a huge difference between a dog that is going to eat you in your mind and an actual dog that’s going to eat you.”

“You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”