Speak Up Quotes

“A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists.

Don’t let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“How should one keep a balanced spirit, if the standards in our lives and in the world are constantly reshuffled? Come rain or shine, let’s not fear our own shadow or desperately simmer down whistling in the dark, but let’s speak up and make our point, and comprehend ourselves in our surroundings, with our very own individuality. (“Was it all worthwhile?”)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you really do not.”
― Germany Kent

“We must all work in harmony with each other to stand up for what is right, to speak up for what is fair, and to always voice any corrections so that the ignorant become informed and justice is never ignored. Every time a person allows an act of ignorance to happen, they delay our progress for true change. Every person, molecule and thing matters. We become responsible for the actions of others the instant we become conscious of what they are doing wrong and fail to remind them of what is right.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Don't be afraid to speak out. Your human rights story could be the inspiration that opens the window to someone else's awakening. Let's draw open the curtains together.”
― Janine Myung Ja, Adoption Stories

“What I'm realizing is that if you're quiet about the things that hurt you, people are only going to mistake your tolerance for permission.”
― Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

“The fear of offense is a really small price to pay for freedom.”
― Andrena Sawyer

“She snapped," they said.
"Couldn't take it anymore."
"Reached her breaking point."
We should teach our girls that snapping is okay instead of waiting for someone else to break them.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout

“Speaking up is a skill; what, when and how to talk is an art.”
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, You By You

“This is not about public speaking.
Public speaking is a middle-aged white guy standing in front of a podium, telling you details you don’t need to know about a topic you’re not all that interested in.

He thinks he’s funny.

His mustache is funny.

This is about finding your voice and using it fearlessly.”
― Jessica Doyle-Mekkes, I'm Speaking: Every Woman's Guide to Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly

“I don’t understand someone like you! You let people create rumors about you! Yes, they set you up, but do you know who gave them the power to do that? You! And your silence! I don’t know who taught you this, but suffering in silence is no way to live, Amelia! How can anyone help you if they don’t even know something is wrong?”
― Eunice Amnell, The Pack Outcast

“No one should have to pass someone else's ideological purity test to be allowed to speak. University life- along with civic life- dies without the free exchange of ideas. In the face of intimidation, educators must speak up, no shut down. Ours is a position of unique responsibility: We teach people not what to think, but how to think. Realizing and accepting this has made me- an eminently replaceable, untenured, gay, mixed-race woman with PTSD- realize that no matter the precariousness of my situation, I have a responsibility to model the appreciation of difference and care of thought I try to foster in my students. If I, like so many colleagues nationwide, am afraid to say what I think, am I not complicit in the problem? [Lucia Martinez Valdivia]”
― Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure

“I don’t believe in lowering the pitch of a woman's voice so she can be heard on a microphone that was made for a man. I don't believe that the natural sound of a woman's voice makes her sound 'annoying' or 'unintelligent.' I do believe that all women are capable, by making small, specific changes, to speak in a way that both reflects who she is and commands a room.”
― Jessica Doyle-Mekkes, I'm Speaking: Every Woman's Guide to Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly

“Clear and honest communication will solve a plethora of problems in your life. Speak up.”
― Robin S. Baker

“The goal is that we need not to have a large audience to make a difference.
If you have a pen, use it to contribute towards the betterment of your society.
If you have a voice, speak your way through making a positive change in your environment.
If you have connections, use them to make a positive difference.
If you only have your family or friends, relay your message of change to them.
At times, you only need your good intention to make a positive contribution.
Don't wait to be famous to plant positive seeds in the society.
Start with the resources that you have today to cultivate positivity in your environment.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Facts never speak loudly. They don’t stir tears. Yet our silence only helps sink them deeper.”
― Andi Fitriyanto, Enigmakrostik

“Conversations about things as important as one’s chaotic emotions come from trust and a proven record that the other person can handle it. The honest mirror of a connected partner is a valuable and powerful learning opportunity.”
― Donna Goddard, Circles of Separation: A Spiritual Fiction Series

“It took fifty years for me to release that pain and to honor the voice of the broken girl. I feel blessed to have found the words to tell this story, tough I don't recommend that anyone wait that long Pain is pain. Speak up. Tell your story." Ruth Behar, the author”
― Ruth Behar, Lucky Broken Girl

“The EEOC's promise to "prevent unlawful employment discrimination" remains gravely overdue. The needed changes to make government a "model employer" the EEOC refuses to pursue. To lift our communities from the depth of inequity, we must use our collective voices and #ExposeEEOC”
― Tanya Ward Jordan

“Our voices matter. God is listening to hear your voice. Your voice sounds different than all 8 billion other citizens in the world. He is a jealous God and can detect when you are sad or whether you are utilizing your voice for others.”
― Sandra E. Jackson, Daily Sprinkles of Wisdom : Biblically Based Devotions

“I write for a purpose.
I was born to use papers and books to speak up.
I was born to use my pen to defend my views and of those who are voiceless.
My pen is my sword.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“My pen is my sword.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“I was born to use papers and books to speak up.
I was born to use my pen to defend my views and of those who are voiceless.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Mindful silence adds purpose to words.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“Where lips don't speak, eyes do -
where eyes don't speak, backbone do.
And once backbone has spoken, all the
militaries cannot render it untrue.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Kindness steps over racial prejudice to see the human being on the other side of colour. Kindness identifies, in each of us, the need to be loved, respected, and validated. And when an act of kindness does that, it no longer matters that I am White, and you are Black. Kindness steps across all hostility; racial, religious, language, etc. It is a powerful weapon that changes communities, one kind act at a time.”
― Basil Sparks, FINDING MY LOST VOICE: By Acting Justly, Loving Kindness and Walking Humbly with God

“Yes, we actors have the right to protect ourselves and demand fairness, when people speak disrespectfully to us. It's not like we have to smile all the time. If they say things that disrespect us or those close to us, we have the right to speak up and say we're not okay with it. We don't always have to ignore it or act like nothing happened because actors are human too.”
― Noeul Nuttarat Tangwai

“Silence is deep as Eternity;
Speech is shallow as Time.”
― Haemin Sunim, Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection

“Listen! You’ve gotta know your shit’s phenomenal regardless of how many views it’s getting. You can’t stop posting and let little miss algorithm fuck up your rhythm just because it’s that time of the month and she’s not feeling your shit or giving you any attention at the moment.

Stay in your power and don’t let it make you doubt yourself or shrink down and shrink back. Take up space and be the magical motherfucker you know you are.

It’s not about the views. It’s about the enormous impact you leave on at least one person’s psyche that can never be calculated. It’s not about the views. It’s about advancing your self expression, your self expansion and your personal evolution into an unstoppable force, not because the numbers validated you, but because you finally broke free from letting the numbers torture, silence and intimidate you, like you’re their fucking captive.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones