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25 Inspirational Movies
By JD

You know the movies.

The ones that make your heart grow ten times bigger, or the ones that give you the strength of ten
warriors on your side.

These are the inspirational movies that inspire us.

They make the blood rush through our veins. They make our soul sing. They make us want to get
up and give our best until theres nothing more to give and then give some more. They move
us.

Why We are Alive and Whats Worth Living For

They make us laugh, they make us cry, they make us think. But mostly, they remind us why we are alive and whats worth living for.
They remind us that every day, is another day, to get up, venture into the world, and make a difference. Our difference. Whether that
difference is to conquer a personal demon, or to make a difference in somebodys life, or to make the world a better place. Its our story
that we write each day.

Keep Your Spirit Strong to Go the Distance

Everybody, every day, has their own adventures, and their own unfolding story, but were all in this together. And thats why we identify with
the movies that inspire us to make the most of what weve got to live more, learn more, laugh more, and love more and, above all,
to keep our spirit strong, and to go the distance.

Here are 25 motivational movies that inspire us to go the distance, and make the most of the journey of life along the way

1. 300
No retreat, no surrender.

Inspirational movie quote:

Children, gather round! No retreat, no surrender; that is Spartan law. And by Spartan law we will stand and fight and die. A new age has
begun. An age of freedom, and all will know, that 300 Spartans gave their last breath to defend it! King Leonidas (Gerard Butler)

2. Braveheart
If its worth it, fight for it.

Inspirational movie quote:

Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and youll live at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin to
trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our
lives, but theyll never take OUR FREEDOM! William Wallace

Watch ta clip Braveheart in Defiance of the English Tyranny

3. Coach Carter
The power to shine is in every one of us.

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Inspirational movie quote:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness,
that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people wont
feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. Its not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights
shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically
liberates others. Timo Cruz (Rick Gonzalez)

4. Dead Poet Society

Carpe Diem seize the day!

Inspirational movie quote:

Theyre not that different from you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their
oyster. They believe theyre destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it
was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing
daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? Carpe hear
it? Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary. John Keating

Watch a clip Dead Poets Society Carpe Diem

5. Don Juan DeMarco

Love conquers all.

Inspirational movie quote:

There are only four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is
worth dying for? The answer to each is the same only love. Don Juan DeMarco (Johnny Depp)

6. Freedom Writers
No excuses!

Inspirational movie quote:

I dont want excuses. I know what youre up against. Were all of us up against something. So you better make up your mind, because until
you have the balls to look me straight in the eye and tell me this is all you deserve, I am not letting you fail. Even if that means coming to
your house every night until you finish the work. I see who you are. Do you understand me? I can see you. And you are not failing. Erin
Gruwell (Hilary Swank)

7. Good Will Hunting

Love something more than yourself.

Inspirational movie quote:

They dont know about real loss, because that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. Sean (Robin Williams)

Watch a clip Good Will Hunting They dont know about real loss.

8. Hitch
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Find the things that take your breath away.

Inspirational movie quote:

Life is not the amount of breaths you take, its the moments that take your breath away. Hitch (Will Smith)

9. Into the Wild

Find the beauty in all things.

Inspirational movie quote:

I will miss you too, but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the joy of human relationships. Gods place is
all around us, it is in everything and in anything we can experience. People just need to change the way they look at things. Christopher
McCandless (Emile Hirsch)

10. Lord of the Rings

Step up to the plate and write your story forward.

Inspirational movie quote:

So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also
meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought. Gandalf (Ian McKellen)

11. Marley and Me

Do you make people feel rare, pure, and extraordinary?

Inspirational movie quote:

It was really quite simple, and yet we humans, so much wiser and more sophisticated, have always had trouble figuring out what really
counts and what does not. Sometimes it takes a dog with bad breath, worse manners, and pure intentions to help us see. Ask yourself, how
many people in the world can truly make you feel rare, pure, and extraordinary? John Grogan (Owen Wilson)

12. Million Dollar Baby

Be relentless.

Inspirational movie quote:

To make a fighter you gotta strip them down to bare wood: you cant just tell em to forget everything you know if you gotta make em
forget even their bones make em so tired they only listen to you, only hear your voice, only do what you say and nothing else show em
how to keep their balance and take it away from the other guy how to generate momentum off their right toe and how to flex your knees
when you fire a jab how to fight backin up so that the other guy doesnt want to come after you. Then you gotta show em all over again.
Over and over and over till they think theyre born that way. Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris (Morgan Freeman)

13. Mulan
Be YOUR best, despite the odds.

Inspirational movie quote:

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The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all. The Emperor (Pat Morita)

14. Peaceful Warrior

Love what you do.

Inspirational movie quote:

The warrior does not give up what he loves, Dan. He finds the love in what he does. Socrates (Nick Nolte)

The accident is your training. Life is choice. You can choose to be a victim or anything else youd like to be. Socrates (Nick Nolte)

Watch a clip Peaceful Warrior The warrior does not give up.

15. Rocky
Go the distance!

Inspirational movie quote:

Ah come on, Adrian, its true. I was nobody. But that dont matter either, you know? Cause I was thinkin, it really dont matter if I lose this
fight. It really dont matter if this guy opens my head, either. Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobodys ever gone the distance with
Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and Im still standin, Im gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I
werent just another bum from the neighborhood. Rocky (Sylvester Stallone)

Watch the clip Rocky Training and going the distance.

16. Rocky Balboa (Rocky 6)

Keep bouncing back, keep moving forward.

Inspirational movie quote:

Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it aint how hard you can hit. Its how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. Its how much
you can take, and keep moving forward. Thats how winnings done. Rock Balboa (Sylvester Stallone)

Watch the scene Rocky Balboa It Aint About How Hard You Hit.

17. Rudy
Every underdog has his day. Prove it to yourself, nobody else.

Inspirational movie quote:

In this life time, you dont have to prove nothing to nobody, except yourself. And after what youve gone through, if you havent done that
by now, it aint gonna never happen. Fortune (Charles S. Dutton)

Watch the Clip Rudy Rudy and the Janitor.

Watch the Clip Rudy Rudy succeeds with sack.

18. Runaway Bride

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Its not gonna be easy, but its gonna be worth it.

Inspirational movie quote:

Look, I guarantee therell be tough times. I guarantee that at some point, one or both of us is gonna want to get out of this thing. But I also
guarantee that if I dont ask you to be mine, Ill regret it for the rest of my life, because I know, in my heart, youre the only one for me.
Ike Graham (Richard Gere)

19. Stand and Deliver

Want it and work for it.

Inspirational movie quote:

There will be no free rides, no excuses. You already have two strikes against you: your name and your complexion. Because of these two
strikes, there are some people in this world who will assume that you know less than you do. Math is the great equalizer When you go for a
job, the person giving you that job will not want to hear your problems; ergo, neither do I. Youre going to work harder here than youve
ever worked anywhere else. And the only thing I ask from you is ganas. Desire. Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos)

20. The Bucket List

Find the joy and make it contagious.

Inspirational movie quote:

You know, the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the guards asked two
questions. Their answers determined whether they were able to enter or not. Have you found joy in your life? Has your life brought joy to
others? Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman)

Watch the clip The Bucket List Two Questions.

21. The Empire Strikes Back

Just do it.

Inspirational movie quote:

Do, or do not. There is no try. Yoda

22. The Mighty Ducks

Stick together, win together.

Inspirational movie quote:

Neither do hockey players. Have you guys ever seen a flock of ducks flying in perfect formation? Its beautiful. Pretty awesome the way
they all stick together. Ducks never say die. Ever seen a duck fight? No way. Why? Because the other animals are afraid. They know that if
they mess with one duck, they gotta deal with the whole flock. Im proud to be a Duck, and Id be proud to fly with any one of you. So how
about it? Whos a Duck? Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez)

Watch the clip Ducks fly Together.

23. The Notebook

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Awaken your soul and reach for more.

Inspirational movie quote:

My Dearest Allie. I couldnt sleep last night because I know that its over between us. Im not bitter anymore, because I know that what we
had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, Ill smile at you with joy and remember how we
spent the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and
makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds, and thats what youve given me. Thats what I hope
to give to you forever. I love you. Ill be seeing you. Young Noah (Ryan Gosling)

24. The Pursuit of Happyness

Dont let anybody tell you that you cant do something.

Inspirational movie quote:

Dont ever let somebody tell you You cant do something. Not even me. All right? You got a dream You gotta protect it. People cant do
somethin themselves, they wanna tell you you cant do it. If you want somethin, go get it. Period. Christopher Gardner (Will Smith)

Watch the clip The Pursuit of Happyness You want something. Go get it. Period.

25. Vision Quest

Its the moments that matter.

Inspirational movie quote:

I was in the room here one day watchin the Mexican channel on TV. I dont know nothin about Pele. Im watchin what this guy can do
with a ball and his feet. Next thing I know, he jumps in the air and flips into a somersault and kicks the ball in upside down and
backwards the goddamn goalie never knew what the fuck hit him. Pele gets excited and he rips off his jersey and starts running around the
stadium waving it around his head. Everybodys screaming in Spanish. Im here, sitting alone in my room, and I start crying Thats right, I
start crying. Because another human being, a species that I happen to belong to, could kick a ball, and lift himself, and the rest of us sad-
assed human beings, up to a better place to be, if only for a minute let me tell ya, kid it was pretty goddamned glorious. It aint the six
minutes its what happens in that six minutes. Elmo (J.C. Quinn)

What are the movies you draw from for insight and inspiration when you need it most?

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