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Inspirational Movies, Books, and Songs
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Posted 10 months ago Here we will start a list of Movies, Books, and Songs that will help people to stay inspired and motivated. What movie/book/song has moved you to find more inner strength?
Movies
Waiting to Exhale
Under the Tuscan Sun
Avatar
Bram Stoker's Dracula (hot vampire chicks alert!)
Love and Basketball
Serendipity
Maid in Manhattan
The Shawshank Redemption
It Could Happen To You
Cinderella Man
The Bucket List
Bagger Vance
Million Dollar Baby
The Green Mile
Rudy
Sea Biscuit
Invincible
Brave Heart
Dragon Heart
Radio
Beautiful Mind
The Little Buddha
Castaway
The Love Letter
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Monsters vs. Aliens
500 Days of Summer
The Hangover (
Hmmm... sounds like my autobiography)
Cashback
Around the Bend
Gladiator
The Secret
FireproofSongs
Green Day - Ha ha your dead!
Incubus - I miss you
Jason Derulo - Ridin Solo
Jay Z - 99 Problems
Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing
Leona Lewis - Better in Time
Destiny's child - Survivor
The Supremes -You keep me Hangin on
Mary J. Blige - I'm not gon cry
Whitney Houston - It's not right but it's ok
Joss Stone - Bruised But Not Broken
Katrina & The Waves - Walking on Sunshine
Whitney Houston - I learned from the best
David Cook - Come Back to Me
One Republic - Come Home
Carl Carlton - She's a Bad Mama Jama
Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Mika - Love Today
John Mayer - Say
Peter Gabriel - Talk to me
"Because" - Jessica Mauboy
Laura Doyle - Let you Go
Kate Voegele - Forever and Almost Always
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky -
Lily Allen - Smile
Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down
Amy Winehouse - tears dry on their own
Christina Augilera - fighter
Britney Spears - stronger
Annie Lenox - walking on broken glass
Jennifer Lopez - aint it funny
Kelly Clarkson - since you've been gone
Lilly Allen - smile
First wives club - young and free
La roux - Bullet proof
Candi Stanton - Young hearts run free
Pink - So what
Katy Perry - Hot and cold
Bonjovi - Its my life
Gloria Gaynor - I will survive
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Journey - Don't stop believing
GEORGE MICHAEL - FREEDOM
MotorHead - I Don't believe a Word
Motorhead - Liar
Emmylou Harris - But you're Supposed To Be Feeling Good
Emmylou Harris - Somehow
Concrete Blonde - Joey
John Barrowman - I am what I am
David Cook - Time Of My Life
The Rolling Stones - Time is on My Side
Whitney Houston - SaluteBooks
The Last Lecture
*The Game of Life by Florence Scovel Shinn
The Choice - Og Mandino
*The Greatest Salesman in the World - Og Mandino
The Power of Focus - Mark Victor Hansen
The Aladdin Factor - Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
*The Mind of the Soul - Gary Zukov
*Unstoppable - Cynthia Kersey
*I Dare You - William F Danforth
Passion, Profit, Power - Marshall Sylver
A Return to Love - Marianne Williamson
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
Who Moved My Cheese? - Spencer Johnson, MD
Pulling Your Own Strings: Dynamic Techniques for Dealing with Other People and Living Your Life as You Choose - Wayne W. DyerPosted 10 months ago #-
sahr2
offlineMemberBeautiful Mind--Well for my days of academic lows, this movie has helped. Despite his multiple personality disorder,John Nash was able to win a Nobel Prize in Economics and set game theory in action. (I should keep myself busy in economics to get over my ex.)
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Tina
offlineInactiveI learned from the best ( Whitney Houston), I love this song. it empowers me really, whenever I think abt the face of my silly ex when he will ask to take me back, cuz I have a strong feeling he will.
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offlineMemberjust wanted to share with you, what a young woman diagnosed with mental retardation, autism and post traumatic stress disorder( due to years of mental, physical and sexual abuse by her father) told me and her peers in group today.
"believe in yourself, believe you can do anything even when it seems impossible... know that there isn't anything that you can't do...but you have to believe in yourself"
Life is all about the chances we make, are you ready to make that final decision that will finally plunge you into a new situation?Posted 10 months ago #-
bet
offlineMemberThe Man Rules
At last a guy has taken the time to write this all downFinally, the guys' side of the story.
( I must admit, it's pretty good.)
We always hear 'the rules'
From the female side
Now here are the rules from the male side.These are our rules!
Please note.. these are all numbered '1 '
ON PURPOSE!
1. Men are NOT mind readers.1. Learn to work the toilet seat.
You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down.
We need it up, you need it dow n.
You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.1. Sunday sports It's like the full moon
or the changing of the tides.
Let it be.1. Crying is blackmail.
1. Ask for what you want.
Let us be clear on this one:
Subtle hints do not work!
Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work!
Just say it!1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
1.. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do.
Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.
In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 Days.1. If you think you're fat, you probably are.
Don't ask us.1.. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one
1. You can either ask us to do something
or tell us how you want it done.
Not both.
If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials.
1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.
1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings.
Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.1. If it itches, it will be scratched..
We do that.1. If we ask what is wrong and you say 'nothing,' We will act like nothing's wrong.
We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you don't want to hear.
1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine... Really.
1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball or motor sports.< /P>
1. You have enough clothes.
1. You have too many shoes.
1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!
1. Thank you for reading this.
Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight.But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.
Pass this to as many men as you can -
to give them a laugh.Pass this to as many women as you can -
to give them a bigger laugh
Posted 9 months ago # -
She's a Bad Mama Jama - Carl Carlton
Harder Better Faster Stronger - Daft Punk
I Want You Back - Jackson 5
Love Today - Mika
Say - John MayerPosted 7 months ago # -
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offlineMemberThe Shawshank Redemption was amazing in teaching me patience. To be blamed and judged unfairly and still make it, amazing. I have had a hard life and have always come out further ahead. The character that has formed because of hard times has given me an advantage.
Talk to me-Peter Gabriel
Posted 7 months ago #-
Ezza
offlineMemberThought I would add to this topic after listening to a song last night that I thought could really help us all (and for me was almost identical to my situation). It's "Because" by Jessica Mauboy. I recommend you all have a listen (on YouTube or whatever). Here are the lyrics:
(Verse1)
I waited for so long, you showed me you were the one,
I gave you my heart, right from the very start so,
Every time you lied, I knew inside
Get another chance, I was hurting, I was broken
I stayed to long and so that's why, you didn't think that I knew wrong(Chorus)
It's all because, I loved you, (because) I held you, (because) I believed you,
You're not what I needed, (because) I'm stronger,
(Because) I'm better, (because) without ya, you'd thought I'd be in pieces,
Because, because, I loved ya, (because) I loved ya, (because) I loved ya(Verse2)
You gave me, just one thing, for taking from the beginning
You left me, a heart ache, how much more could I take,
With every alibi, that made me cry, I still gave you more,
I should've given up, when I had had enough,
But I stayed to long, that's why, you didn't think that I knew wrong,(Chorus)
It's all because, I loved you, (because) I held you, (because) I believed you,
You're not what I needed, (because) I'm stronger,
(Because) I'm better, (because) without ya, you'd thought I'd be in pieces,
Because, because, I loved ya, (because) I loved ya, (because) I loved ya(Verse3)
I made a mistake of giving me to you,
I made a mistake of loving you, x4Posted 5 months ago # -
as_i_am78
offlineMemberThese are lyrics to a song i mentioned...Laura Doyle ~ Let you Go...I LOVE this song!!
This is where my thoughts chase my tail
this is where I can’t help myself
and this is where I feel like I’ve failed again
And this is where I want retaliation
and if I could I’d steal your soul
and this is where I stop...
and I give in to loveAnd this is where I say I will always love you
and this is where I pray God be with you
and this is where I hold on to love
and let you go... and let you goThis is where I would offer forgiveness
and if I could I’d heal your soul
and this is where I start again
to loveAnd this is where I say I will always love you
and this is where I pray God be with you
and this is where I hold on to love
and let you go... and let you goAnd where you’re going I can’t know
and how you’ll get there I can’t know
and if you really loved me
I’ll never know
I’ll never knowAnd this is where I say I will always love you
and this is where I pray God be with you
and this is where I hold on to love
and let you go... and let you goPosted 5 months ago # -
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offlineMemberKate Voegele ~ Forever and Almost Always...Love this one too!!
So the story goes on down
The less traveled road
It's a variation on
The one I was told
And although it's not the same
It's awful close, yeahIn an ordinary fairy tale land
There's a promise of a perfect happy end
And I imagine having just short of that
Is better than nothingSo you'll be mine
Forever and almost always
And I'll be fine
Just love me when you can, yeah
And I'll wait patiently
I'll wake up everyday
Just hoping that you still careIn the corner of my mind I know too well
Oh, that surely even I deserve the best
But instead of leaving
I just put the issue to bed
And outta my headOh, and just when I believe
You've changed for good
Well, you go and prove me wrong
Just like I knew you would
When I run out of second chances
You give me that look
And you're off the hookBecause you're mine
Forever and almost always
Oh, and I'm fine
Just love me when you can
And I'll wait patiently
I'll wake up everyday
Just hoping that you'll still careOh, oh,
What am I still doing here
Oh, oh,
It's all becoming so clearYou'll be mine
Forever and almost always
It ain't right
To just love me when you can, Oh
I won't wait patiently
Or wake up everyday
Just hoping that you'll still care
Forever and almost always
No it ain't right
To just love me when you can, baby
Ain't gonna wait patiently
I won't wake up everyday
Just hoping that you carePosted 5 months ago #-
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offlineMember"The Love Letter" is inspirational. It's a romantic comedy from the early 90's. Great story starring Kate Capshaw and Tom Selleck. Ellen Degenres is also in it. It's a great story about the timing of love and how we can't choose who we love or when we love them, and how all works out in the end. Rent it and you will be cheered up!
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if anyone's feeling like crap and needs a pick-me-up just listen to lily allen's smile
i know it makes my day a little brighter hahaQue sera seraPosted 2 months ago # -
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offlineMemberCashback.
It's available on youtube.
It's about some young fella who has just been dumped and the movie shows how he gets over it.
Quite a good film which helped me get over the ex. However, when they all of a sudden started playing 'The Power of Love' by Frankie goes to Hollywood, the tears came.
Good movie though, i'd recommend it.
Give a man a match, and he'll be a little warm for a minute. But set him on fire, and he'll be red hot for the rest of his life.Posted 2 months ago #-
Amy
offlineMemberThe movie Around the Bend with Michael Cain and Christopher Walken. It's about letting go of the past cause it's harmful to hold on. Great movie
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them."Posted 2 months ago # -
Alice
offlineMemberFireproof, best movie ever .. it's SO touching, though you have to have a little faith.
And the songs from Sidewalk Prophets, Warren Barfield and the songs from the movies Fireproof really keep me going.
Also Carrie Underwoods - What can I say is so beautiful, and propably true .. x
Como si todo lo que existe, aromas, luz, metales, fueran pequeños barcos que navegan hacia las islas tuyas que me aguardan.Posted 1 month ago # -
Bunnie
offlineMemberThis forum is all about realising that your past relationship is dead and that you have to get over the break up. So here is a list of my favourite songs to help me get over the past relationship. All of them are upbeat type songs, as it really helps your evolution to be happy and also get dancing! I really reccommend you listening to these songs! they have helped me no end!
amy winehouse, tears dry on their own
christina augilera, fighter
britney spears, stronger
annie lenox, walking on broken glass
jennifer lopez, aint it funny
kelly clarkson, since youve been gone
Lilly Allen, smile
first wives club, young and free
la roux, bullet proof
candi stanton, young hearts run free
pink, so what
Katy perry, hot and cold
bonjovi, its my life
gloria gaynor, i will survive
aretha franklin, respect
journey, dont stop believingPosted 1 month ago # -
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offlineMemberGEORGE MICHAEL FREEDOM! And, excuse my rudeness but I love motorhead, so i'll list: i don't believe a word and liar. Also Emmylou Harris: but you're supposed to be feeling good and somehow... A nice one for the ones who want to keep the faith like me: joey from concrete blonde.
Love
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KC
offlineMemberI am what I am - John Barrowman
If you can't handle me at my worst, you dont deserve me at my best. - Marilyn Monroe
"When you respond to an unreasonable person by getting emotional, you give them victory. How do you manage unreasonable people? You dismiss them...Like shadows" David Viscott..Posted 1 month ago # -
Rox
offlineMemberDavid Cook - Time Of My Life
(this one made me feel so much better)I been waiting for my dreams to turn into something I could believe in
And I'm looking for the magic rainbow on the horizon I couldn't see it
Until I let go, gave in love, watch all the bitterness burn
Now I'm coming alive body and soul
Feeling my world starts to turnAnd I'll taste every moment and living out loud
I know this is the time; this is the time to be
More than a name or face in the crowd
I know this is the time; this is the time of my life
The time of my lifeHolding onto things and vanish them to the air left me in pieces
But now I'm rising from the ashes finding my wings
And all that I needed was there all along within my reach
As close as the beat of my heartAnd I'll taste every moment and living out loud
I know this is the time; this is the time to be
More than a name or face in the crowd
I know this is the time; this is the time of my life
The time of my lifeA mouth on the edge of forever ready to roar
Keeping my feet on the ground my arms open wide faces the sunAnd I'll taste every moment and living out loud
I know this is the time; this is the time to be
More than a name or face in the crowd
I know this is the time; this is the time of my life
The time of my lifeMore than a name or face in the crowd
I know this is the time; this is the time of my life
This is the time of my life
The time of my life!It takes strength to fight, but courage to let go.Posted 1 month ago # -
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MrEnte said:
As I'm reading "The Last Lecture"; I would like to ask: Any chance to help me on making a list for
Inspirational Books?Thank you all
Even though the title say Movies and Songs...I will add books as well...just post the author and titles here, and I will add them to the list.
I will also edit the topic title as well.
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Girlie29
offlineMemberI love this poem. Author is unknown:
LETTING GOTo let go doesn't mean to stop caring;
It means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off...
It's the realization that I can't control another...
To let go is not to enable,
but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness,
which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try and change or blame another,
I can only change myself.
To let go is not to care for, but to care about.
To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their own outcomes.
To let go is not to be protective,
It is to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny, but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue,
but to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish the moment.
To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more.Posted 1 month ago # -
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offlineMemberWhitney Houston
song entitled "Salute"This is a MUST listen to song.
You say you wanna walk away
you ain't got nothin' to say
I salute you, yeah
go on out the door
now, you take careNo more tears to shed
what, you expectin' me to beg?
well, I'm not. I'm done.
so when you just close the door behind you.'cause...
(I'm feelin' kinda taller than you), lately
(I'm feelin' kinda stronger than you) ahh lately
(I'm feelin' kinda better than you)and I know just what to dooo ooh
(I feel like doin' my hair) my hair
(I feel like callin' some of my friends)
some of my girlfriends
(I feel like goin' to a club) and partyin''cause I'm a soldier girl, in this world
I stand alone, I can be strong
I walked for miles, I made it home
it's good to know without you I made it
Soldier girl in my world
I took the fall, now I stand tall for the pain and all
I made it through and now all I got to say to you:salute
salute
you think you know everything
and you think that your sh*t don't stink
well it do, heh, and when it comes to me
you don't have a cluetook me all of these years to realize that you don't belong here
I can do better
You say, 'I'll never do better"
yeah right, whatever'cause
(I'm feelin' kinda taller than you) lately
(I'm feelin' kinda stronger than you) aah baby, lately
(I'm feelin' kinda better than you)and I know just what to do, ooh woo ooh
(I feel like doing my hair) my hair
(I feel like callin' some of my friends) my girlfriends
(I feel like going to a club) do some partying!So don't call it a comeback, nah
I been here for years
through all the drama and the pain and all of the tears
time to stop this roller coaster
see, I wanna get off
and start moving mountains, swimming seas and
climbing over walls!Posted 1 month ago #-
sparklemama
offlineMemberHey I would like to add some songs that are not listed that I think are motivational and personally help me on nights I cant sleep and all I want to do is just call him or see him.
Destiny's child-Survivor
The Supremes-You keep me Hangin on
Mary.J.Blige-I'm not gon cry
Whitney Houston-It's not right but it's ok
Joss Stone-Bruised But Not BrokenAnd I have to agree with the Christina Aguilera "fighter" and Kelly Clarkson "Since you been gone" as well as Gloria Gaynor "I will survive".
These songs are wonderful to listen to on those nights when you are tempted to just dial the person's number :)or need a quick pick me up on those hard days.Posted 4 weeks ago # -
love4learning
offlineMemberBooks
*The Game of Life by Florence Scovel Shinn
The Choice - Og Mandino
*The Greatest Salesman in the World - Og Mandino
The Power of Focus - Mark Victor Hansen
The Aladdin Factor - Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
*The Mind of the Soul - Gary Zukov
*Unstoppable - Cynthia Kersey
*I Dare You - William F Danforth
Passion, Profit, Power - Marshall Sylver
A Return to Love - Marianne Williamson
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
Who Moved My Cheese? - Spencer Johnson, MD
Pulling Your Own Strings: Dynamic Techniques for Dealing with Other People and Living Your Life as You Choose by Wayne W. DyerI love to read inspirational books. I found all of the books above to be very inspiring. I have put an asterisk by the ones I read repeatedly.
People may doubt what you say, but they believe what you do. - Lewis CassPosted 3 weeks ago # -
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KC
offlineMemberJust got these lyrics
Barely Breathing by Duncan Sheik
I know what you're doing,
I see it all to clear
I only taste the saline when I kiss away your tears
You really had me going, wishing on a star
But the black holes that surround you are heavier by far
I believed in your confusion, you were so completely torn
Well it must have been that yesterday was the day that I was born
There's not much to examine, there's nothing left to hide
You really can't be serious if you have to ask me whyI say good-bye...
Cause I am barely breathing
And I can't find the air
I don't know who I'm kidding
Imagining you care
And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
But I don't suppose it's worth the price, worth the price
The price that I would payEveryone keeps asking, what's it all about?
I used to be so certain and I can't figure out
What is this attraction? I only feel the pain
There's nothing left to reason and only you to blame Will it ever change?Cause I am barely breathing
And I can't find the air
I don't know who I'm kidding
Imagining you care
And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
But I don't suppose it's worth the price, worth the price
The price that I would pay
But I'm thinking it over anyway...I've come to find
I may never know
Your changing mind
Is it friend or foe?I rise above
Or sink below
With every time
You come and go
Please don't come and goCause I am barely breathing
And I can't find the air
I don't know who I'm kidding
Imagining you care
And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
But I don't suppose it's worth the price, worth the price
The price that I would pay
But I'm thinking it over anywayIf you can't handle me at my worst, you dont deserve me at my best. - Marilyn Monroe
"When you respond to an unreasonable person by getting emotional, you give them victory. How do you manage unreasonable people? You dismiss them...Like shadows" David Viscott..Posted 1 week ago # -
lizzie-bee
offlineMemberIncubus... I miss you.
To see you when I wake up
is a gift I didn't think could be real.
To know that you feel the same as I do
is a three-fold, utopian dream.
You do something to me that I can't explain.
So would I be out of line if I said,
I miss you.
I see your picture, I smell your skin on the empty pillow next to mine.
You have only been gone ten days, but already I'm wasting away.
I know I'll see you again
whether far or soon.
But I need you to know that I care
and I miss you.Posted 1 day ago #
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