10 Incredible Speeches by 10 Incredible Speakers

Selection by Be a Better Guide.com

1. Elizabeth Gilbert, Your Creative Genius, 2009

An American author, essayist, short story writer, biographer,

novelist, and memoirist. She is best known for her 2006
memoir, Eat, Pray, Love. Check out this video where she talks
about the expectations we as society put on artists. She
believes everyone has a genius – we just have to locate it. 


2. Simon Sinek, How Great Leaders Inspire Action, 2009

An author and powerful speaker who rise to popularity began with this
incredible TED talk. He offers a simple, yet powerful model for inspirational
leadership. His message is powerful, to start with ‘why’, but also take the
time to appreciate his masterful delivery!

3. Malala Yousafzai, Worldwide Access To Education, 2013

Malala is a Pakistani activist for female education and the

youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. She made a memorable
speech on her 16th birthday by urging all assembled to 'fund new
teachers, schools, books and commit in to getting every girl and
boy in school by December 2015'. Watch the video below to see
how she has stunned the world.

4. Ronald Reagan, Brandenburg Gate, 1987

He was an American politician and actor, who served as the 40th President of
the United States from 1981 to 1989. He gave this historic speech in 1987,
urging Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. You’ve heard the soundbite,
but check out the full speech right here.

5. Martin Luther King Jr., I Have A Dream, 1963

An American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in

the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King Jr.
made one of the most famous speeches of the modern age. He urged
the people to judge one another not ‘by the colour of our skin, but by
the content of our character'.

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 6. Angelina Jolie Pitt, World Refugee Day, 2009

An American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian, Angelina has

received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and
three Golden Globe Awards, and has been cited as Hollywood's
highest-paid actress. Aside from being a famous actress, she also has
a very kind and heroic philanthropist. Watch this moving speech made
on World Refugee Day in 2009.

7. Winston Churchill, We Shall Fight On The Beaches, 1940

Churchill was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the

United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer,
and an artist. He made this epic and stirring speech to the British
public about the declaration of war. Churchill is widely recognized as
one of the greatest speakers of the modern era.

8. President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, 1961

Commonly referred to by his initials JFK, this young man was an

American politician who served as the 35th President of the United
States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.
Kennedy was the first president whose image was as important as his
politics. Listen here to one of his most quoted speeches, delivered at
his inaugural address.

9. Nelson Mandela, Release From Prison, 1990

A South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician,

and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from
1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black chief executive, and
the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. Once
given his freedom and elected as President, these are the timeless
words he shared with all South Africans and the entire world.

10. J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2011

A British novelist, screenwriter and film producer best known as the author
of the Harry Potter fantasy series. In 2011 she delivered an incredible
speech to the class of 2011 at Harvard University. Her now famous speech
has a powerful message and is yet another of her incredible
achievements.

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