Domestic Violence Quotes

From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, "I survived."

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is one of the most vicious crimes conceivable, a violation of mankind's most basic duty to protect the innocent.

Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable.

Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture.

My niece was a sexual-assault victim. My sister is a survivor of domestic violence. We have more shelters for animals than for battered women. That's not the message we should be sending.

So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.

Nearly one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. And slightly more than half of female victims of domestic violence live in households with children under age 12.

We can all take responsibility for helping to bring about change, and keeping our friends and colleagues safe from domestic violence

... you don't have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get away with it that once, if they know they can treat you like that, then it sets the pattern for the future.

A recent government survey found that 47 percent of all women report being the victims of either physical, emotional, sexual or economic violence. But 84 percent of those who are victims of domestic violence remain silent.

Often things are as bad as they seem.

Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourself- your strengths and your limitations -in contrast to depending on affirmation from others.

I did not know that the first step in any domestic violence relationship is to seduce and charm the victim. I also did not know that the second step is to isolate the victim. The next step in the domestic violence pattern is to introduce the threat of violence and see how she reacts. We victims know something you [non-victims] usually don't. It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is to 'kill her'. Over 70% of domestic violence murders happens after the victim has ended the relationship.

Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.

Emotional abuse is any type of abuse that is not physical in nature. It can include everything from verbal abuse to the silent treatment, domination to subtle manipulation.

It is impossible to correct abuses unless we know that theyre going on.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

Many survivors insist they're not courageous: 'If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse.' 'If I were courageous, I wouldn't be scared'...Most of us have it mixed up. You don't start with courage and then face fear. You become courageous because you face your fear.

Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.

This is not love. It is a crime... You can't look the other way just because you have not experienced domestic violence with your own flesh.

[Domestic violence is] a carefully laid physical, financial and psychological trap.

One of the most basic things we can do is let the men in our lives know it's not okay to mistreat a woman.

It’s never too late to do the right thing.

Nowhere in the world is a woman safe from violence. The strengthening of global commitment to counteract this plague is a movement whose time has come.

It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is: kill her.

Women trapped in violent relationships need to know that there's no shame in talking out and walking out on their abusive partners.

When food becomes scarce, refugees often turn to desperate measures to feed themselves and their families. We are particularly worried about the health of the refugee population, domestic violence and refugees resorting to illegal employment or even to prostitution, just to put enough food on the table.

Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.

Emotional abuse is like being continuously kicked in the shins. It can be worse than getting one punch in the face, and it cements itself.

The Violence Against Women Act protects the lives of tens of thousands of domestic violence victims. But the U.S. must also support gender equality around the world, and that means acknowledging that some nations we consider to be our friends are no friends to women.

Believe in yourself and be proud of who you are. Don't let anyone tell you differently. There is beauty in everyone and no one should stop you from growing into a confident and strong young person.

If anyone hits me, they can expect to be hit back, and harder. I never turn the other cheek because in my experience that doesn't work.

We have to promote human solidarity, avoid indifference, and play a part with society in the solution of the problem of violence.

The time when domestic violence is the most lethal is when the person is trying to leave the situation.

The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities.

It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is of far less importance to the outcome than the passion generated in the attacker. The man who has lost control will cause serious injuries in many cases, quite irrespective of the weapon he uses and regardless of the certainty of detections and punishment.

In violence, we forget who we are

The rule of thumb is that if someone is able to be verbally or physically abusive, he or she is able to understand that the behavior is wrong.

Our silence is deafening and deadly.

I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.

Constipation was one of the things she hated most in the world, on par with despicable men who commit domestic violence and narrow-minded religious fundamentalists.

Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.

The very definition of news is something that hardly ever happens. If an incident is in the news, we shouldn't worry about it. It's when something is so common that its no longer news - car crashes, domestic violence - that we should worry.

I never want anyone to be sitting where I'm sitting and to have lost their son, because I can never get Luke back.

The more that we choose not to talk about domestic violence, the more we shy away from the issue, the more we lose.

I've been doing this work [ambassador of VDay]for a long time, and there are so many ways that we have to work to eradicate domestic violence and violence against women, this felt like such a tangible way to make a difference.