Speaking Out Quotes

Poverty is possible in every society because someone refused to speak out.

And even when they refuse to listen, I'll keep talking anyway, hoping on a slim chance that the things inside my head are worth something to someone.

It takes courage to stand up for yourself. I stand in honor, and no longer in fear of speaking out.

But no matter what happens, I spoke up, made a voice for myself, freed from the haunting memories that have owned me for the last six years. I found my courage.

Yes, you can make a difference! You can speak on behalf of those who are voiceless.

We can learn to work and speak when we are afraid in the same way we have learned to work and speak when we are tired.

In the end, it was the secrets that held me hostage and fuelled my depression, but, once released, emancipation - from fear, shame, guilt and judgement - was finally possible.

Because it is a thousand pities never to say what one feels, he thought...

I think silence is one of the failures of people today. When they see an injustice or intolerance, and they stay silent - that's the worst thing.