Top Domestic Violence Quotes

Quotes have a way of helping us realize that we are not alone.  I have put together the quotes that meant the most to me.  If you know a great quote please share it in the comments.

I encourage you to post related Quotes and I will list them here. Please leave the name of the author, as a writer I don’t like to post without giving credit. Readers are often searching for quotes on Domestic Violence and Support. I hope that these may inspire your day or make you think; abuse is never your fault and should not be tolerated by anyone.

“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

“We all like to think that if we were the victims of domestic abuse we’d up and leave – but it’s not always as easy or straightforward as that. Women stay with abusive partners for all kinds of reasons – they love them, they fear them, they have children with them, they believe they can change them or they simply have nowhere else to “go.” – Kate Thornton

“Domestic violence does not only happen to adults. Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend and approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.”— Dianne Feinstein

“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 happen after the victim has ended the relationship.” – Leslie Morgan Steiner

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

“Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.” For that means that no matter how unhappy your marriage is, you can be happy as an individual.” – Dale Carnegie

“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.” – June Sarpong

“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

“Long-Term Domestic Violence – Being abused in this manner is like being kidnapped and tortured for ransom but you will never have enough to pay off the kidnappers.” – Rebecca J. Burns

“If you wish to have what you want in life you must Focus on the Dream if you focus on the pain and fear you will only want to scream!” – Rebecca J. Burns

“The question, ‘Why does she stay?’ is code for some people for, ‘It’s her fault for staying,’ as if [domestic violence] victims intentionally choose to fall in love with men intent upon destroying us.” – Leslie Morgan Steiner

“When I am asked why she doesn’t leave abuse I say… she stays because the Fear of leaving is greater than the Fear of staying.  She will leave when the Fear of staying is greater than the Fear of leaving.  I know this was very true for me.”  – Rebecca J. Burns

“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” -G. K. Chesterton

“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

“Men have an important role to play in sending out the message that real men do not hurt or abuse their partners.” – Ian Somerhalder

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” -Albert Pine

“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.”- Salma Hayek

“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.” – Laura Davies

“Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.” – James Anthony Froud

“I was heartbroken, scared, I had a lot of anxiety, I was worried, I felt weak, and I had no idea how I was ever going to come up with the strength. But I just closed my eyes, and took a blind leap. I knew I had to get out of there.’ – Bob Casey, Jr.

‘Growing up, I was constantly reminded to not to air our family’s dirty laundry. Part of why domestic violence is allowed to continue is because there is often an unwritten rule in many families of abuse: Don’t ask. Don’t tell. Keeping quiet does no good. I found that sharing my story liberated me from my past. There is power in storytelling and, in that, healing. Owning my truth also empowered me. I will no longer be manipulated or controlled by guilt or shame.” – Kambri Crews

“The healthy man does not torture others. Generally, it is the tortured who turn into torturers.” – Carl Jung

“If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.’ -Salma Hayek

“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary. The evil it does is permanent.” -Mahatma Ghandi

“The house does not rest on the ground, but upon a woman.” -Mexican proverb

“From every wound, there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, “I survived.” – Craig Scott

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.” – Rose Kennedy

“With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.” – Wayne Dyer

“The fear of being alone with ourselves is … a feeling of embarrassment, bordering sometimes on terror at seeing a person at once so well known and so strange; we are afraid and run away. We thus miss the chance of listening to ourselves, and we continue to ignore our conscience.” – Erich Fromm (1900-1980) Man for Himself: An inquiry into the Psychology of Ethics 4.2.B, 1947

“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” – Michael Jackson

If you have a quote that means something to you please share it below.  I have always loved quotes, they inspire, motivate and make you think.

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