Sayings about Voices
The voice of a poor man does not carry very far. ~ Laotian Proverb
Three things that can’t be taught: generosity, poetry and a singing voice.~ Irish Proverbs
Often a silent face has voice and words. ~ Latin Proverbs
Eloquence avails nothing against the voice of gold. ~ Latin Proverb
The earth has ears, the wind has a voice. ~ Turkish Proverbs
They asked a bullfrog, “Why do you croak all the time?” He replied, “I’m enchanted with my voice.” ~ Armenian Proverb
Before you let your voice be heard, first lick your lips. ~ Indonesian Proverbs
Silence is the voice of complicity. ~ Traditional Proverb
Being in the right does not depend on having a loud voice. ~ Chinese Proverb
Voice of one, voice of none. ~ Italian Proverbs
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument. ~ Lebanese Proverbs
The voice of the people is louder than the boom of a canon.~ Armenian Proverb
Quotations about Voices
Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning. ~ Maya Angelou
The devil’s voice is sweet to hear.~ Stephen King
If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.~ Vincent Van Gogh
The voice of the people is the voice of God.~ Hesiod
I think anyone who has an opinion, and voices it, will offend someone. ~ Peter Steele
Together we are stronger, our voices louder, and the synergy of our actions more powerful. ~ Pierce Brosnan
The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. ~ Sigmund Freud
War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves. ~ Leo Tolstoy
The tones of human voices mightier than strings or brass to move the soul.~ Friedrich O. Klopstock
By voting, we add our voice to the chorus that forms opinions and the basis for actions. ~ Jens Stoltenberg
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within. ~ Mohandas Gandhi
May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine. ~ Frank Sinatra
Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what the other commands. ~ Marquis de Sade
Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, ‘Why not?’ and the other, ‘Why bother?’ ~ Sydney J. Harris
The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. ~ Woodrow Wilson
My heart leaps at the trumpet’s voice.~ Joseph Addison
The Soul is the voice of the body’s interests. ~ George Santayana
Thy voice is a celestial melody. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory. ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
Mirah’s was the sort of voice that gives the impression of being meant, like a bird’s wooing, for an audience near and beloved. ~ George Eliot
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.~ Charles M. Schulz
If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it. ~ Samuel L. Jackson
Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice. ~ Shawn Johnson
The evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely coming. ~ Al Stewart
You don’t have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices. ~ Don Lemon
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
Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome. ~ Margaret J. Wheatley
The weeping voices rise straight up and strike the clouds. A passer-by at the roadside asks a conscript why, The conscript answers only that drafting happens often. ~ Du Fu
Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy… or they become legend. ~ Jim Harrison
I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love. ~ Leslie Fiedler
Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small and simple things like the scent of the rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved one’s voice. ~ Joseph B. Wirthlin
There is no index of character so sure as the voice. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions. ~ Adlai E. Stevenson
Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.~ Carl Jung
To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one’s voice. ~ Ambrose Bierce
The shadow of a sound,–a voice without a mouth, and words without a tongue. ~ Paul Chatfield
When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. ~ Malala Yousafzai
We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.~ William Shakespeare
The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.~ Mohandas Gandhi
The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.~ Dag Hammarskjold
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking. ~ H. L. Mencken
Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.~ George Washington Carver
Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen. ~ Jimmy Buffett
We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of the sea. Without words they respond through the rustling of leaves and the moving of clouds and the murmuring of the sea.~ Paul Tillich
Thy voice is sweet as if it took its music form thy face.~ Letitia Elizabeth Landon
The human voice is the organ of the soul.~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow