People from all over the world are becoming victims of domestic violence every day. Domestic violence is not discussed much and is often regarded as a hush-hush topic. However, with NGOs, and women empowering organizations stepping in, many individuals have found their voice and raised it against the torture and the violence they have been victims too. Domestic violence is often thought of as an overwhelming subject, and how it is difficult to talk about or escape from. Domestic violence can happen to women, men, and children. Most people do not realize that they are in an abusive relationship and regard it as normal.
The trauma related to domestic violence cannot be easily overcome; however, if you know someone who has been subjected to domestic violence, then these quotes will hopefully help them feel a bit relieved and make them feel strong. You should encourage them to get help or talk to someone so that they can soon begin a new chapter in their life. Again, if you are a survivor of domestic violence yourself, these quotes will give you the strength to go through the turmoil and insecurity. Remember you are strong and that empowering yourself is the best way to overcome this trauma in life.
Remember, you or even your close friend or family do not deserve to be treated badly, and you should never put up with it. Empower yourself with these quotes, and become a stronger version of yourself.
Domestic Violence Quotes
- Never let someone who contributes so little to a relationship control so much of it.
Unknown
- And here you are living despite it all.
Rupi Kaur
- I want to tell people that family violence happens to anybody, no matter how nice your house is, no matter how intelligent you are.
Rosie Batty
- From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, “I survived.”
Craig Scott
- Trauma may happen to you, but it can never define you.
Melinda Longtin
- You are not the darkness you endured. You are the light that refused to surrender.
John Mark Green
- you can recognize survivors of abuse by their courage. When silence is so very inviting, they step forward and share their truth so others know they aren’t alone.
Jeanne McElvaney
- The best revenge is creating your own happiness despite a person’s wish to take you down.
Melinda Longtin
- It’s incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is: kill her.
Leslie Morgan Steiner
- It doesn’t matter how rich or poor a person is, what gender or social class, or how much fame or education she possesses. Verbal, mental, and physical abuse can happen to anyone. It doesn’t matter what a woman’s ethnicity is because the only distinguishing color of abuse is black-and-blue.
La Toya Jackson
- 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.
Asha-Rose Migiro
- A real man wouldn’t lay a finger on a woman. He treats his partner with respect, love and support. Men are physically stronger and have no place abusing that power. Everyone has problems, and arguments happen, but that’s when a real man uses his intelligence to talk it out.
Matt Lanter
- Violence needs to stop. All of us – men and women – need to speak up and teach our children that violence is never the solution. Together we can all make a difference. The best place to start is with yourself.
Will Young
- The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities.
Sandra Pupatello
- It is not the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind.
Aisha Mirza
- Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you.
Cody Kennedy
- At any given moment you have the power to say this is not how the story is going to end.
Christine Mason Miller
- The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.
Bill Cosby
- Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.
Nicole Kidman
- There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable.
Ban Ki-moon
- We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government.
Ban Ki-moon
- I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.
Brené Brown
- One day, I plan to love so loudly, my body abandons every demon harvesting me.
Arati Warrier
- Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women.
Pearl Cleage
- Women should know that love doesn’t abuse you. It shouldn’t hurt you. Love cannot be redefined into ‘He only hit me once, I’ll let it slide.’ Love is happiness, not being neglectful, caring, being respectful, providing, having standards, kindness, standing up for the right things.
Jahmene Douglas
- Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused by someone that you love and think loves you in return. It is estimated that approximately 3 million incidents of domestic violence are reported each year in the United States.
Dianne Feinstein
- If we are to fight discrimination and injustice against women we must start from the home for if a woman cannot be safe in her own house then she cannot be expected to feel safe anywhere.
Aysha Taryam
- Domestic violence can be so easy for people to ignore, as it often happens without any witnesses and it is sometimes easier not to get involved. Yet, by publicly speaking out against domestic violence, together we can challenge attitudes towards violence in the home and show that domestic violence is a crime and not merely unacceptable.
Honor Blackman
- In violence, we forget who we are.
Mary McCarthy
- No amount of me trying to explain myself was doing any good. I didn’t even know what was going on inside of me, so how could I have explained it to them?
Sierra D. Waters
Conclusion
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