Sara Bareilles Quotes

Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim.

When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.

My spirit is as strong as ever. I'm still fighting to make the world a safer place, and you can, too.

I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.

I want to encourage kids to speak up, to tell their stories. That is the only way people will know what we have to go through. Believe in yourself. Someone once told me being different isn't bad - different is just different!

I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just.

I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.

To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.

It is better to speak up for your rights and then die… I am not afraid of death now. I have seen death…. My death would further the cause of education.

You have to develop ways so that you can take up for yourself, and then you take up for someone else. And so sooner or later, you have enough courage to really stand up for the human race and say, 'I'm a representative.'

Be brave and be fearless, and for God's sake, stand up for yourself.

To some extent, 'The Wall' is asking the question, 'Do you want a voice? And if you do, you better bloody well go out and get it because it's not going to be handed to you on a plate.'

I want to remind women of color out there to stand your ground, and don't ever be afraid to speak up.

I've learned to recognize that I'm in certain rooms for a reason, and I've learned - if I have an opinion or something I want to say - to say those things and not feel afraid about it.

Participation in and of itself is an act against hopelessness. Speaking up is a gesture against hopelessness.

You just have to be able to stand up for yourself. And that's OK.

Having to re-articulate your values and, most importantly, your rights, is something that can be quite tiring and frustrating. However, I am meticulous and tenacious and will continue to do so, because I believe it's what's right. I believe it's what I should be doing.

A bully is going to be a bully, and you have to stand up for yourself. You can't expect everyone else is going to come and run to your aid. You have to stand your ground; that's very important.

Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself.

She is absolutely inspiring. Malala is a vindication of our struggle.

If I can, in any way, give people the courage to say, 'Actually, no, the nonsense stops right here,' then I want to be a part of doing that. Especially if that means that our folks will be more free.

You have to be a voice; you have to be able to speak up.

It's become easier to speak up for myself.

Be not scared to use your voice.