Zendaya Quotes

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

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

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.

If you're a voice for a community, then you're a voice for something more than yourself. I want to have an impact, because I don't want anybody to have to go through what I went through.

I don't think of myself as a powerful person. But I do use the platforms I have to make a difference in the world. Anyone who has a position where they can make a difference should use it.

I want to inflict some change on people.

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

My goal is to use football as a platform to speak out on things that need addressing.

I always said if I had a platform to speak, I am going to speak. I feel it is just important, not only for African American-related things but world things in general.

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

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

I want more people to speak up about issues, like equal pay.

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

I will keep speaking for my people.

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

If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void

I feel like you have to use your energy, you have to use your resources to help those who don't have a voice. Whereas back in the day, you could say, "I didn't know about this. What was I supposed to do? One person can't make a difference." No, like, none of that's valid. You can make a difference, and you do have a voice.

I think that the celebrity is a really important thing, because we have the voice that's recognizable, that can educate people to make a difference and empower them to make a difference, and to also get things in motion with the people in charge that can effect change.

I'm very grateful for the platform that I've had in my life to speak out about the things I care about.

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things.

The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.

No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.

Don't stand back with your arms folded; step forward... There is hope and light to resist injustice and promote peace without violence.