Alyssa Milano Quotes

I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power play.

I think that celebrities should never underestimate their power. I mean just to draw attention, because then people get involved on a personal level.

I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.

I use my platform as a tool and a way to speak about greater change.

Believe in the power of your own voice. The more noise you make, the more accountability you demand from your leaders, the more our world will change for the better.

If you choose to use your status and influence to raise your voice on behalf of those who have no voice; if you choose to identify not only with the powerful, but with the powerless; if you retain the ability to imagine yourself into the lives of those who do not have your advantages, then it will not only be your proud families who celebrate your existence, but thousands and millions of people whose reality you have helped transform for the better. We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.

The only way change will ever happen is if we speak up, and we have to know that it actually has an impact. Because we have a lot more power than we think we do, I think.

I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.

I don't think you should necessarily listen to a celebrity just because he is one. But if you can marshal your celebrity and really steep yourself in whatever issue you're trying to promote, it can actually move the ball forward, and we've done that.

Yes, across the board, these gentlemen understand they have the power to make a difference and even educate people to injustices that are occurring in their worlds.

At the end of the day, what I have is the power to give a louder voice to people who have issues, questions and problems.

The purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence.

Although I have lost my gavel, I have not lost my voice. I will be heard from.

Sometimes you have to not just dream about what could be - you get out and push and you pull and you preach. And you create a climate and environment to get those in high places, to get men and women of good will in power to act.

I'm known as a voice for a generation of people that don't have a voice.

I've been lucky enough to have been given a platform through modeling, so now I can use it as an activist.

I think we sometimes forget that we have so many other places to create change. My dad taught me this, but the political is one spot to make change. But so is writing a book.

You don't have to be a professional athlete to be heard - the most powerful tool you have is your voice.

I know I have a voice, and I want to use that voice as much as I can to bring things forward.

Being a voice for my community is something that I don't take lightly.

I'm lucky enough to have some celebrity light around me. I can go on a platform and say what I think to represent these voices that can't be heard.

Society is celebrity-based and we are determined to use [celebrities'] voices to make sure no one forgets there are issues over the use of animals. Celebrities can be great for our cause and can really make people sit up and think for the first time about animal abuse.

I think my voice would be great as a protestor but also it would be, and has been, very powerful for charity.

It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.

Right now everyone is able to have a real voice and have it be nice and loud. Being loud is a really important thing right now. It's an amazing thing to watch. It's important because making noise makes change.