Do you ever feel like you’re not heard? Like your voice doesn’t matter? That’s how a lot of entrepreneurs feel. We put our blood, sweat, and tears into our businesses and few people seem to care. But we have to remember that our voices matter. They matter to us, and they matter to the people we help. So let’s remember that in the midst of doubt and discouragement. Let’s remember our voices are powerful and they can make a difference.

1. The Loon CharmTo A Life Filled with A Love Whose Voice Always Calls You Home — Viola Shipman, The Charm Bracelet

2. Every moment, a voice, out of this world, calls on our soul, to wake up and rise. — Rumi

3. We are all one–or at least we should be–and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation. — Roy Barnes

4. It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

5. Dreaming when Dawn’s Left Hand was in the Sky I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, ‘Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life’s Liquor in its Cup be dry. — Omar Khayyám

6. Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you… This turning toward what you deeply love saves you. — Rumi

7. On this show, your voice will be heard in the form of my voice. — Stephen Colbert

8. You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you’re dealing with. — Steve Nash

9. We speak with one voice, ‘ Walt said. ‘Especially on this matter. No one hurts Sadie Kane. — Rick Riordan

10. I do not know what It Is about you that closesand opens — only somethIng In me understandsthe voIce of your eyes Is deeper than all roses

11. So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said ‘Who’s speaking please?’ And a voice said ‘You are.’ — Tim Vine

12. Boys, you must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin the less likely you are to find it at all. — Robin Williams

13. Doreen had intuition. Everything she said was like a secret voice speaking straight out of my own bones. — Sylvia Plath

14. If we can feel that it is not our voice, not our fingers, but some reality deep inside our heart which is expressing itself, then we will know that it is the soul’s music. — Sri Chinmoy

15. Now the soft–voiced gentle woman of my reverent worship has all but vanished. — Nikola Tesla

16. An open internet is an open platform for debating opposing views. It allows unpopular voices to be heard. — Newton Lee, Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness

17. I had a newspaper in Flint, Michigan called the ‘Flint Voice, ‘ and so it was a, you know, underground, alternative newspaper that I edited and put out for about ten years. — Michael Moore

18. My voice is like a rumour. I’m not sure if it came out or not, or if it is true. — Markus Zusak

19. A pencil is a wand and a weapon. Be careful. Protect yourself. It can be glorious. — Terry Tempest Williams, When Women Were Birds: Fifty–four Variations on Voice

20. I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I’ve been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don’t get a chance to be heard. — Shakira

21. I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can do with them. — Miriam Makeba

22. What are we doing here? Has something gone wrong?’ ‘Oh no, Ron, ‘ came Fred’s voice, very sarcastically. ‘No, this is exactly where we wanted to end up. — J. K. Rowling

23. Every moment, a voice, out of this world, calls on our soul, to wake up and rise. — Rumi

24. I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent. — Susan Rice

25. When your wife asks you for your opinion, she doesn’t really want your opinion. She wants her opinion–just in a deeper voice. — T. Rafael Cimino, The Heir Apparent

26. And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods makes Heaven drowsy with the harmony. — William Shakespeare

27. As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea, And with great power it forth led me To walk in the visions of Poesy. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

28. Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory. — Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poems

29. I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don’t need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice! — Mother Jones

30. I didn’t have to play rugby that well, and I didn’t have to play cricket that well, because I had this voice. — Tom Jones

31. Every time life calls to us, it is the voice of God and the voice of our very hearts. When we listen, we thrive. When we don’t, we do what we must to survive. — Tehya Sky

32. And the odd think in Dad’s voice was the sound truth makes being said. — Ray Bradbury

33. I think Elvis Presley is a crooner. Even people like Eddie Vedder, I hear him sing some things and I go ‘wow’. Seal, that kind of nice voice, too. — Michael Buble

34. There is nothing worse than doing nothing and saying nothing when your voice is needed. — Soledad O

35. Time is the real emperor and there is no space for any pride since time flies and blows away anything. — Neel Preet, Voice from the East

36. There is nothing worse than doing nothing and saying nothing when your voice is needed. — Soledad O

37. To come from no voice, no power, and to be able to achieve what I have means that only my own personal vision holds me back. — Oprah Winfrey

38. If the voice was meant to be silent we wouldn’t have ears for listening. — Veronica Purcell

39. So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said ‘Who’s speaking please?’ And a voice said ‘You are.’ — Tim Vine

40. There’s just as much wisdom in knowing when to keep quiet as there is in knowing when to speak up. Use your voice wisely. — Scott Stabile

41. If only all the contradictory voices shouting in my head would calm down and sing a song in unison, whatever it was I wouldn’t care as long as they sang without dissonance. — Ralph Ellison

42. The voice of Nature loudly cries, And many a message from the skies, That something in us never dies. — Robert Burns

43. My voice is born repeatedly in the fields of uncertainty. — Terry Tempest Williams, When Women Were Birds: Fifty–four Variations on Voice

44. If you don’t listen to that gentle, yet persistent voice within, you betray yourself. — Tonya Sheridan

45. A naked blade sheathed in velvet, that was Raphael’s voice. — Nalini Singh

46. I want to be able to love you, more than I fear losing you, and I don’t know how. — Mia Sheridan, Archer’s Voice

47. He who loses sight of the word of God, falls into despair; the voice of heaven no longer sustains him; he follows only the disorderly tendency of his heart. — Martin Luther

48. Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice, brutal laws are impossible — Mark Twain

49. They loved the sound of their own voices. No decision would be reached anytime soon. — Stephen L. Carter, Back Channel

50. She made the mistake of raising me to have a voice — Melissa Grushetski

We hope these quotes have inspired you to use your voice and speak up for what is important to you. Your voice is a powerful tool, so use it wisely. Don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself and speak your truth. Remember, your voice can create change, and it can also make a positive impact on the world. So, use it to make a difference.