Quotes about Voice

Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Gratitude evokes grace like the voice and echo. Gratitude follows grace as thunder follows lightning.

When facing society, the man most concerned, the man who is to do the most and contribute the most, has the least say.

He said it without greeting, as if they had parted the day before. Because it took her a moment to regain the art of breathing, she realized for the first time how much that voice meant to her.

She said 'no' to the words he spoke, and 'yes' to the voice that spoke them.

Thought - he told himself quietly - is a weapon one uses in order to act. No action was possible. Thought is the tool by which one makes a choice. No choice was left to him. Thought sets one's purpose and the way to reach it. In the matter of his life being torn piece by piece out of him, he was to have no voice, no purpose, no way, no defense.

As she spoke, her voice never wavered; it was the voice of someone who has forced a larger meaning out of tragedy. Or

God speaks for the silent man.

Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.

If God speaks for the man who keeps quiet, then Violet Brown may be His instrument.

No matter how long we've walked life's pathway to mediocrity, we can always choose to switch paths. Always. It's never too late. We can find our voice.

We need to consider one other aspect of renewal as it applies to the unique human endowment that directs this upward movement—our conscience. In the words of Madame de Staël, "The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it: but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

I've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs.