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33 Inspirational YouTube Videos Conveying Genuine Life Lessons
The following list contains 33 of my favorite inspirational and motivational YouTube videos. Each video clip tells a different tale, a unique story conveying subtle lessons about life, love, happiness and success. I’ve been bookmarking these slowly over the course of a year or so. Each one is certainly worth watching at least once. Enjoy.
1. Life and Music
Life Lesson: Don’t sacrifice your life for someone else’s idea of success.
2. Commencement Address by Steve Jobs
Life Lesson: Find what you love, trust in your instincts, and follow your heart.
3. Ninja Almost Defeated by a Bug
Life Lesson: Change your thoughts to change your world.
4. Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture
Life Lesson: Be honest, be tolerant, and lead a life you are proud of.
5. Amazing Shadow Puppets
Life Lesson: Genius is found in simplicity.
6. Al Pacino’s Inches Speech
Life Lesson: Short consistent steps in a positive direction will eventually lead you to victory.
7. Organized Laughter Yoga
Life Lesson: Laughter and happiness can be contagious.
8. Autistic Anthem Singer Gets Help in Boston
Life Lesson: Genuine kindness and hope exists in humanity.
9. Mind-Movie for Success
Life Lesson: It’s up to you. Take the first step. Do it.
10. SPIN of Life
Life Lesson: You may fail several times before you succeed. So always be aware, and learn from your mistakes.
11. Love vs. Fear
Life Lesson: Fear is a short-term fix. Love is a long-term solution.
12. Disabled Athletes
Life Lesson: No disability is an excuse for not trying.
13. Michael Jordan Motivational
Life Lesson: In order to succeed, you must be willing to fail.
14. Patrick Henry Hughes Inspires
Life Lesson: Everyone has a gift, it just needs to be found and unleashed.
15. Elite Skateboarding Tricks
Life Lesson: Practice DOES make perfect.
16. Braveheart Freedom Speech
Life Lesson: There is no greater gift than that of freedom.
17. Motivation Magic
Life Lesson: The secret to personal success is personal passion.
18. Frozen in Grand Central
Life Lesson: Great things can be achieved if we work together.
19. Elements of Greatness
Life Lesson: You must answer certain questions for yourself if you are to realize your dreams.
20. One in a Million Shot
Life Lesson: Small miracles can occur.
21. Turn a Paperclip into a New House
Life Lesson: A big heart and a little persistance goes a long way.
22. 212 Degrees - The Extra Degree
Life Lesson: One extra degree of effort is the difference between good and great.
23. Hoosiers Motivational Speech
Life Lesson: When you truly strive to be the best you can be, you are a winner regardless of what the scoreboard reads.
24. The Don’t Quit Poem
Life Lesson: Never quit. You are probably closer than you think.
25. Yes We Can
Life Lesson: The first step is believing.
26. Woman With No Arms
Life Lesson: Passion and determination can allow anyone to overcome their physical limitations.
27. J.K. Rowling A&E Biography Part 1
Life Lesson: It is possible to start an empire with nothing more than a dream.
28. A Good Cop
Life Lesson: There are sincere human beings in law enforcement who truly want to help you.
29. Baboon Escapes Death
Life Lesson: No matter how hopeless it seems, never give up!
30. Paul Potts Sings
Life Lesson: You cannot judge someone’s talents just by looking at them.
31. Body Over Mind
Life Lesson: The health of your body is equally important as the health of your mind.
32. Autistic 3 Pointers
Life Lesson: Sometimes all someone needs is to be given a chance.
33. Blind Painter
Life Lesson: Tragedies can open new doors of vision.
BONUS: The Awareness Test
Life Lesson: It’s quite easy to overlook the obvious.
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27 Comments
April 5th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
great collection! thanks for sharing it.
“Spin of life” was fantastic … reminded “The Butterfly Effect” movie
April 27th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Great collection.
I liked them a lot.
Some were funny, some serious, some inspirational, but all very valuable!
Thanks for sifting through the millions of videos to get this collection.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Thank you…
December 14th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaoW-qh3cos&eur
March 17th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Very eye opening and inspiring. It is not the large things that make a difference, it really is the small things in life. Be awake, and you will see.
March 18th, 2009 at 12:35 am
great stories/videos.
thank you
July 7th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Here is a really cool sports/inspirational speech. I’m not sure if it’s a commercial but its pretty cool nonetheless. Gives me the chills. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnhxNGZY_xI
October 21st, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Wow, what a great list of inspirational videos. Thanks!
October 21st, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Hey, here is another good one that is not on your list.
It was a YouTube Video of the Year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
March 24th, 2010 at 9:52 am
You cannot believe how long ive been googling for something like this. Through 6 pages of Yahoo results couldnt find diddly squat. Quick search on bing. There this is…. Gotta start using that more often
June 24th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Love this site. What a great lot of inspiring videos. Thanks!
August 7th, 2010 at 7:01 am
Excellent collection.. Bookmarked it..
August 12th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Touching and inspirational. Lot of lessons told in these valuable videos.
Thanks for the thoughtfulness that went into posting these here.
September 28th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Here’s an inspirational song written by Colin Campbell. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease 10 years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlxcZ_CHDVo
October 29th, 2010 at 10:58 am
Best inspirational video i have ever seen…how this can be missed from this list
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTw72u5c84Q
December 31st, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Another inspiring video to add to the list: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPLINgT5bVI
April 7th, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Here’s another REALLY good one to add to this list! I watch this whenever I want to feel good…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO2ujjGPdoY
May 13th, 2011 at 9:27 am
Great list!
I have lots more motivational/inspirational videos on my website if you want to take a look …
http://www.insp1re.com
Thank You.
June 22nd, 2011 at 4:34 pm
very very inspirational
September 24th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
one of the best collection of videos i ever came across and thanks a lot for google search for keep this list in first of the search results
December 9th, 2011 at 1:32 pm
Wow, some great videos here, I have a couple in common on my blog which i’ve done a similar post on. Really appreciate this post
January 2nd, 2012 at 4:37 am
Great collection of amazing videos! thanks for posting!
February 17th, 2012 at 10:41 am
Thank you for posting these.
August 18th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
It’s really helpful to be motivated towards life… and these videos help.
August 21st, 2012 at 4:09 am
Thanks heaps for creating this collection, I plan to watch one a day for 33 days as part of a new challenge I am taking on - to get a daily dose of inspiration each day! So far I have watched the first one and passed it on to a friend who is a music teacher.
September 23rd, 2012 at 4:35 pm
I will change my life. I will help others change theirs in a positive way. I lose sight of this goal sometimes during this journey but I always regain my dream with every reminder of inspiration, any inspiration, even a reminder of something as simple as this list of videos. Life is the hardest thing to endure and yet the harder it gets the more I want to live forever.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:20 am
What an awesome collection! Love it!
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