Abuse leaves unseen scars. Words have the power to help heal those wounds. This article brings you quotes from voices that speak out against abuse and offer strength to survivors.
These quotes are a blend of wisdom, pain, and resilience. They remind us of the strength within every human spirit and the importance of empathy. Reading them might help you find the words you need, whether for comfort or to support someone else.
Empowering Abuse Quotes
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
“You are stronger than you know and braver than you believe.”
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
“Our scars tell the stories of our survival, not our surrender.”
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.”
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
“Turning your wounds into wisdom.”
“Sometimes the darkest challenges, the most difficult lessons, hold the greatest gems of light.”
“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, an hour, or a day, but eventually, it will subside and something else will take its place.”
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
“The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.”
“It is not the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind.”
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
“One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.”
“You are not the darkness you endured. You are the light that refused to surrender.”
“Find the strength in knowing that you are your own hero.”
“Even when it seems there is no one else, there is still hope.”
“Life is very interesting. some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.”
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
Quotes on Emotional Abuse Survival
“The scars you can’t see are the hardest to heal.”
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
“Surviving is not about endings, but about beginnings.”
“The most critical time in any battle is not when I’m fatigued, it’s when I no longer care.”
“Where there is love, there is life, and where there is life, there is hope.”
“You don’t have to live in constant chaos to prove that you’re strong.”
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.”
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.”
“Even in the midst of devastation, something within us always points the way to freedom.”
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.”
“Survivors aren’t always the strongest; sometimes they’re the smartest, but more often simply the most resilient.”
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
“The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.”
“Emotional abuse is like being continuously poked in the brain. It leaves invisible bruises that can hurt for a lifetime.”
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive.”
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
“Survival often demands a different kind of bravery – one that requires you to rebuild and stand tall, again and again.”
“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.”
“Don’t let the person who hasn’t walked in your shoes tell you how to tie your laces.”
“We will never know the true worth of our character until we reach the very bottom of our struggle and rise up.”
“Sometimes the only way to heal is to forgive and let go; not for them, but for you.”
“Every time you thought you couldn’t keep moving forward, you did. Take a moment to appreciate your strength.”
“The abuse does not define you; your strength, resilience, and courage do.”
Quotes to Understand the Impact of Abuse
“The scars you can’t see are the hardest to heal.”
“Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.”
“The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.”
“Abuse manipulates and twists a child’s natural sense of trust and love.”
“Silence in the face of abuse is complicity with the abuser.”
“Hurt people hurt people.”
“Even the smallest act of abuse can leave the deepest scar.”
“Scars remind us where we’ve been. They don’t have to dictate where we’re going.”
“No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.”
“Abuse changes your life… Fight back and change the life of your abusers by breaking your silence on abuse.”
“The soul hardly ever realizes it, but whether he is a believer or not, his loneliness is really a homesickness for God.”
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
“The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
“To those who abuse: the sin is not in their actions; it is in their failure to see humanity.”
“The consequences of abuse are not just physical scars; they are insidious, affecting everything from self-worth to relationships.”
“There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream—whatever that dream might be.”
“Violence, even well intended, always rebounds upon oneself.”
“It is not the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind.”
“We cannot rewrite the chapters of history already past, but we can learn from them, evolve and adapt. The same holds true for abuse.”
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
“From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story.”
“The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colors and lives in many different communities.”
“It’s not the abuse that defines you, it’s how you overcome it.”
“Abuse is never okay and should not be a part of anyone’s life narrative.”
“The impact of abuse on the soul is like the ripples made on water by a single stone. They spread far and wide, often unseen.”
“The victimization of children is nowhere forbidden; what is forbidden is to write about it.”
Abuse Awareness Quotes
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
“You don’t have to say anything about the abuse to be a victim. By keeping silent, you’ve already told your story.”
“The worst part about being strong is that no one ever asks if you’re okay.”
“Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.”
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.”
“The scars you can’t see are the hardest to heal.”
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
“Attachment constrains our vision so we are not able to see things from a wider perspective.”
“It is not the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind.”
“Domestic violence is never ‘just the way things are’. It is a cycle of control that needs to be broken.”
“We must send a message across the world that there is no disgrace in being a survivor of sexual violence. The shame is on the aggressor.”
“From every wound, there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, ‘I survived.'”
“Abuse changes your life… Fight back and change the life of your abusers by breaking your silence on abuse.”
“No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.”
“No matter how long the rain lasts, there will be a rainbow in the end. No matter how sad you may be, believe that happiness is waiting.”
“It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.”
“You are not the darkness you endured. You are the light that refused to surrender.”
“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.”
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.”
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”
“To be rendered powerless does not destroy your humanity.”
“The purpose of the abuse is to silence, and when you create, you break it.”
“Fear has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything and Run’ or ‘Face Everything and Rise.’ The choice is yours.”
“Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.”
“Every time you stand up for yourself without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, you stand up for all women.”
“My silence is not for your comfort. It is to preserve my peace.”
Quotes on Healing from Abuse
“The soul always knows how to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.”
“From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, ‘I survived.'”
“You have the power to heal yourself, and you need to know that.”
“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.”
“Loving yourself is the greatest revolution.”
“What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.”
“The best way out is always through.”
“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.”
“Healing is an art. It takes time, it takes practice. It takes love.”
“The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered, there is opportunity for growth.”
“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.”
“Scars are not signs of weakness, they are signs of survival and endurance.”
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”
“When you can tell your story and it doesn’t make you cry, you know you have healed.”
“Every time you thought you couldn’t keep moving forward, you did. Take a moment to appreciate your strength.”
“Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.”
“The place of true healing is a fierce place. It’s a giant place. It’s a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light.”
“Your wound is probably not your fault, but your healing is your responsibility.”
“The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it’s been broken into a million pieces.”
“Sometimes, the only way to heal our wounds is to make peace with the demons who created them.”
“Healing yourself is connected with healing others.”
“We do not heal the past by dwelling there; we heal the past by living fully in the present.”
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
“The body heals with play, the mind heals with laughter, and the spirit heals with joy.”
“Healing is not an overnight process. It is a daily cleansing of pain, it is a daily healing of your life.”
Quotes on Standing Against Abuse
“we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“No one heals themselves by wounding another.”
“I raise up my voice, not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.”
“Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.”
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.”
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
“Abuse, if you slight it, vanishes; if you acknowledge it, it is real.”
“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.”
“Hurt people hurt people. That’s how pain patterns get passed on, generation after generation after generation. Break the chain today. Meet anger with sympathy, contempt with compassion, cruelty with kindness.”
“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
“It is not the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind.”
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.”
“You cannot control someone’s negative behavior, but you can control how long you participate in it.”
“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”
“Do not allow yourself to walk in a shade of your former self. Shine bright and be the lighthouse for others trapped in the storm.”
“When you are no longer afraid, you will find the courage to raise your voice.”
“To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.”
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
Inspirational Abuse Survivor Quotes
“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.”
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
“You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.”
“Even in the darkest of times, there is a light that shines through. Your strength and resilience are the beacons.”
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
“Survivors are not victors by chance. They’ve chosen to rise above and conquer.”
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.”
“The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t do so out of quote ‘hopelessness’ or any abstract conviction that life’s assets and debits do not square. And surely not because death seems suddenly appealing. The person in whom Its invisible agony reaches a certain unendurable level will kill herself the same way a trapped person will eventually jump from the window of a burning high-rise.”
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”
“No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.”
“Victims recite problems; survivors offer solutions.”
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.”
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“When the world says, ‘Give up,’ Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time.'”
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. Strength comes from overcoming the things you thought you couldn’t.”
“The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.”
“The only thing more contagious than a virus is hope.”
“Scars show us where we have been, they do not dictate where we are going.”
“We are stronger in the places we have been broken.”
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
“Survivor is not a label, it’s a testimony to your strength.”
Conclusion
Reading through these powerful abuse quotes can be a profound experience. They shine a light on the pain and the resilience of those affected. Each quote offers a glimpse into the struggles and the strength needed to overcome abuse, reminding us of the importance of empathy and support.
These quotes can serve as a source of inspiration and reflection. They help us understand the deep impact of abuse and the courage it takes to heal. By sharing these insights, we can foster a more compassionate and informed community, one that stands against abuse in all its forms.
