--- title: "10 Voice Silenced Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Voice Silenced quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Voice Silenced sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_if-you-hear-a-voice-within-you-say-you-c_2595204.jpg" --- > [If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/if-you-hear-a-voice-within-you-say-you-cannot-paint-then-by-all-means/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_if-you-hear-a-voice-within-you-say-you-c_2595204.jpg) > [I like to think that I'm giving a voice to the silenced...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selima-hill/i-like-to-think-that-i-m-giving-a-voice-to-the-silenced/) [Selima Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selima-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/selima-hill-35243_giving_i-like-to-think-that-i-m-giving-a-voice_1586611.jpg) > [If you hear a voice within you say you can not paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/if-you-hear-a-voice-within-you-say-you-can-not-paint-then-by-all/) [Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7e/melchor-lim-61_facts_if-you-hear-a-voice-within-you-say-you-c_1964574.jpg) > [For a country to be looted, its people's voice must be silenced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/for-a-country-to-be-looted-its-people-s-voice-must-be-silenced/) [Paul Craig Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-craig-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/paul-craig-roberts-3108_country_for-a-country-to-be-looted-its-people-s_419339.png) > [The loudest voice in the room, sometimes, is the absent voice of the silenced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-dunn/the-loudest-voice-in-the-room-sometimes-is-the-absent-voice-of-the/) [Andy Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-dunn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/andy-dunn-5159_absent_the-loudest-voice-in-the-room-sometimes_2424279.png) > [I have to think that we all have - at one time or another - felt that our own voice was silenced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-c-gentile/i-have-to-think-that-we-all-have-at-one-time-or-another-felt-that-our/) [Mary C. Gentile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-c-gentile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/mary-c-gentile-29901_children_i-have-to-think-that-we-all-have-at-one_2199200.jpg) > [If you hear a voice within you saying, You are not a painter, then by all means paint and that voice will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/if-you-hear-a-voice-within-you-saying-you-are-not-a-painter-then-by/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/vincent-van-gogh-486_painting_if-you-hear-a-voice-within-you-saying-yo_1145567.jpg) > [“My voice may have been silenced by fear and tradition, but today, I speak not for myself alone, but for every woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hagir-elsheikh/my-voice-may-have-been-silenced-by-fear-and-tradition-but-today-i/) [Hagir Elsheikh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hagir-elsheikh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc2/hagir-elsheikh-24223_every-woman_my-voice-may-have-been-silenced-by-fear_1924340.jpg) > [“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? If you hear a voice within saying ‘You are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/what-would-life-be-if-we-had-no-courage-to-attempt-anything-if-you/) [Vincent van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/vincent-van-gogh-486_artist_what-would-life-be-if-we-had-no-courage_2409086.jpg) > [“We are rendered powerless; our voice is silenced by whatever form of elitism is working through a political system that gives us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watkins/we-are-rendered-powerless-our-voice-is-silenced-by-whatever-form-of/) [Alan Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/alan-watkins-71112_elitism_we-are-rendered-powerless-our-voice-is-s_2830460.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voice-silenced/#itemlist", "name": "Voice Silenced Quotes", "numberOfItems": 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