Domestic Violence Quotes for Support and Strength
Domestic abuse affects millions of people each year all around the world. These domestic violence quotes will help you get the support you need if you or someone you know is in a dangerous situation.
Every year, millions of people around the world become victims of domestic violence. We have compiled lots of domestic violence quotes to inspire and encourage you.
Domestic Violence Quotes
Talking about and breaking free from domestic violence can be incredibly challenging.
Unfortunately, it’s a situation that can affect anyone – women, men, children, spouses, and even friends.
These statements might serve as a motivational tool for anyone who has endured domestic abuse.
1. “At any given moment you have the power to say this is not how the story is going to end.” ― Christine Mason Miller
2. “And here you are living despite it all.” — Rupi Kaur
3. “Grief does not demand pity; It requests acknowledgment.” ― Jude Gibbs
4. “Trauma may happen to you, but it can never define you.” ― Melinda Longtin
5. “Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you.” — Cody Kennedy
6. “All violence is the illustration of a pathetic stereotype.”– Barbara Kruger
7. “Sometimes the shame is not the beatings, not the rape. The shaming is in being asked to stand judgment.” ― Meena Kandasamy
8. “When it comes to abuse, you believe there’s no way out. There is always help. There is always a way out.” ― Rev. Donna Mulvey
9. “The enemy doesn’t stand a chance when the victim decides to survive.” — Rae Smith
10. “Violence is a dark contrast to what so many of us still believe in – love.” – Robi Ludwig
11. “The more that we choose not to talk about domestic violence, the more we shy away from the issue, the more we lose.” ― Russell Wilson
12. “I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.” — Brené Brown
13. “Each time a woman stands up for herself without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” — Maya Angelou
Inspirational Domestic Violence Quotes
15. “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
16. “Never believe a man’s claim that he has to harm his partner to protect her; only abusers think this way.”― Lundy Bancroft
17. “Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once.”― Lundy Bancroft
18. “From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, -I survived.” ― Fr. Craig Scott
19. “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
20. “The enemy doesn’t stand a chance when the victim decides to survive.” — Rae Smith
21. “Suspicion of Abuse gets to your toes before you see it in your face.”― Auliq Ice
22. “I don’t know what kind of people you grew up with but raising your hand to the powerless is no act of manliness.”― Sarvesh Jain
23. “Grief does not demand pity; It requests acknowledgment.” ― Jude Gibbs
24. “Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I have been through. I said it’s because no matter what, I am a survivor, not a victim.” — Patricia Buckley
25. “Culture is no excuse for abuse.”― Davinder Kaur
26. “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
Powerful Domestic Violence Quotes
27. “One day, I plan to love so loudly, my body abandons every demon harvesting me.” — Arati Warrier
28. “There is life after abuse. This is mine.”― Lindsay Fischer
29. “Use the darkness of your past to propel you to a brighter future.” ― Donata Joseph
30. “When women come together united in vision, we can shake things up.” – Caroline “Carrie” Bettinger-Lopez
31. “You survived the abuse, you’re going to survive the recovery.” — Mariska Hargitay
32. “Overcoming abuse doesn’t just happen, It takes positive steps every day. Let today be the day you start to move forward.” ― Assunta Harris
33. “Raise your heart, not your hand.”― Abhijit Naskar
34. “Your growth comes not as you work harder to get something you don’t have, but as you live in the reality of what you have already been given.” — Nancy Guthrie
35. “Trauma creates change you don’t choose. Healing is about creating the change you do choose.” — Michelle Rosenthall
36. “If you want to know where to find your contribution to the world, look at your wounds. When you learn how to heal them, teach others.” — Emily Maroutian
37. “Our wounds are our sources of growth.”— Rachel Naomi Remen
38. “You survived the abuse. You’re gonna survive the recovery.” — Olivia Benson
39. “Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones.” – Barack Obama
40. “A survivor’s story is always a reality check.” – Jerald Monahan
41. “Survivors of abuse show us the strength of their spirit every time they smile.” ― Jeanne McElvaney
42. “Abuse is the weakest expression of strength. It is a weakness to destroy what you ought to protect, build, and make better.” ― Kingsley Opuwari Manuel
Encouraging Quotes About Domestic Violence
43. “The best revenge is creating your happiness despite a person’s wish to take you down.” ― Melinda Longtin
44. “You are not the darkness you endured. You are the light that refused to surrender.” ― John Mark Green
45. “Violence doesn’t equal strength.” – Becca Fitzpatrick
46. “I have the power to change my physical and emotional experience.” ― Patricia Dsouza
47. “We can all take responsibility for helping to bring about change, and keeping our friends and colleagues safe from domestic violence.” – Charles Clarke
48. “Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” —Rikki Rogers
49. “Threatening a current or former partner isn’t passion, or love, or heartache. It’s violence, it’s abuse and it’s a crime.”― Miya Yamanouchi
50. “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” — Carl Jung
51. “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” – Mahatma Gandhi
52. “Abuse, regardless of how it manifests itself, will destroy the trust and, in the end, can destroy the relationship.” – Dr. Ramona Probasco
53. “All violence consists of some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.”– Leo Tolstoy
54. “Domestic violence is frequently excused when alcohol and other substances are involved.” – Asa Don Brown
55. “Never let a man put his hands on you without your permission.” – Melda Beaty
56. “Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.” – Salma Hayek
57. “Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.” — Mariska Hargitay
Domestic Violence Quotes on Courage
58. “All marriages are sacred, but not all are safe.” — Rob Jackson
59. “Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women.” — Pearl Cleage
60. “The COVID-19 crisis has fueled the rise of domestic violence.”― Asa Don Brown
61. “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
62. “The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colors, and lives in many different communities.” — Sandra Pupatello
63. “[Domestic violence is] a carefully laid physical, financial and psychological trap.” — Leslie Morgan Steiner
64. “Domestic violence and sexual assault go hand in hand.” — Georgia Taylor
65. “Domestic violence is an epidemic, and yet we don’t address it. Until it happens to celebrities.” — Nelsan Ellis
66. “The time when domestic violence is the most lethal is when the person is trying to leave the situation.” — Julie Johnston
67. “Men have an important role to play in sending out the message that real men do not hurt or abuse their partners.” — Ian Somerhalder
68. “Pregnant women are more likely to die from homicide by domestic violence than any other cause of death.” — Lois Capps
69. “The best protection against rape, stalking, and domestic violence is to raise men who both understand that women are different, and would never dare take advantage of this difference.”— Wendy Shalit
70. “Domestic violence can occur at any socioeconomic level.”― Asa Don Brown
71. “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.” — Tim McGraw
Domestic Violence Quotes on Surviving
72. “In violence, we forget who we are” — Mary McCarthy
73. “It’s not enough for women to speak out on the issue – for the message to be strong and consistent, women’s voices must be backed up by men’s.” — John Conyers
74. “Violence is violence and can in no way be misconstrued as discipline under any circumstance cultural or otherwise.”― Aysha Taryam
75. “No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.” – Salma Hayek
76. “Use the darkness of your past to propel you to a brighter future.” ―
77. “Sometimes the shame is not the beatings, not the rape. The shaming is in being asked to stand judgment.” ―
78. “I wondered if he was simply tired, if life had beaten him into a permanent slouch, folded him over himself so no one could get at that soft center-” ―
79. “To survive trauma one must be able to tell a story about it.”―
80. “I realise I’m behind on this but Rebekah Brooks was married to Ross Kemp of Gangs fame?! And she assaulted him? That explains so much.” ―
81. “He was dangerous. Dangerous like water. He could seem calm and glassy on top but underneath he was all dark silt and weed.” ―
82. “Damian’s eyes glided over my body, his voice searing with anger. “What did he do to you?” ―
83. “Raise your heart, not your hand.” ―
Domestic Violence Quotes on Strength
84. “Confirming masculinity rather than achieving love appears to be the male’s central dilemma, a preoccupation that permeates many aspects of his life.” ―
85. “l lived the life of a lunatic, seeing sunshine, I suspected rain” ―
86. “A man who raises his hand at a woman, has no right to the world.” ―
87. “From here onwards, the adage “may you live in interesting times” shall be regarded as the casting of a curse!!” ―
88. “We cannot know before we can know, yet, because we don’t know, we don’t make a move.” ―
89. “Abuse is a control tactic. It aims to break you and make you submit.” ―
90. “If you had treated me like most decent human beings would, I probably would have stayed of my own free will.” ―
Even if what you’re going through cannot be repaired by words, these domestic abuse quotes can help offer this kind of assistance.
And support you may need right now if you have experienced domestic violence or know someone who has.
Don’t forget to take a look at our similar collection of quotes as you share with others to get inspired.
CSN Team.
