Abuse Quotes

By starving our children of men, we have made them more vulnerable to the very abuse we are trying to prevent.

It was a country . . . that he and his people had known how to use and abuse, but not how to preserve.

A man of remarkable genius may afford to pass by a piece of wit, if it happen to border on abuse. A little genius is obliged to catch at every witticism indiscriminately.

I don't belive Oprah's sexual abuse stories, I mean who would take a black girl when there are plenty of white?

It all I can do not to cry. I make myself wood I say to myself, Celie, you a tree. That's how I come to know trees fear man.

But it is. It’s something you need, and that’s a long way from nothing. If you need it, Eddie, we need it. What we don’t need is a man who can’t let go of the useless baggage of his memories.

The more we focus on who we are in Christ, the less it matters who we were in the past, or even what happened to us.

I am not where I need to be, but, thank God, I am not where I used to be.

When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another — except brute, physical force.

When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.

They like to use those fancy words. They don't like to say “raped, '” he said. “They say “misdeed, ' “inappropriate touching, ' “mistake.' That's insulting. I'm not a mistake.

In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the victim is shaped by the actions and beliefs of the perpetrator.

After a victim is made to participate in an act of evil, the people in charge put a lot of energy into convincing the child or adult that he or she is evil and a perpetrator rather than a victim.p324

Overcoming abuse doesn't just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.

Her mother always told her, “If he hits you, then you leave, ” but Jack had never hit her, not with his fists.

I'm still not sure if I was a victim or not... and if I was, who was my abuser?

The rush I got from crime was better than that of glue, drink or hash. I loved playing cat and mouse with the local coppers. He Who Dares Wins, the SAS motto, was very applicable to my life then.

Leading up to Christmas, there was talk of Santa. But I’d never even heard of Santa. Bunty, one of the workers who I grew to love, tried to explain, ‘He brings little angels like you, presents.

Staying in an unhealthy relationship that robs you of peace of mind, is not being loyal. It is choosing to hurt yourself mentally, emotionally and sometimes, physically.

If a normally kind, agreeable person makes an enemy of you, you ought to ask yourself why.

Accepting necessary conflicts for the sake of improving the lives of children is the only fundamental moral crusade that matters.

The only people that can't handle the truth are those that suffer so much anxiety that they will live in denial, in order to prevent their illusion from being destroyed and feeling more anxiety.

I am small.So are stars from a distance. It's all a matter of perspective.

It is strange... the reasons one feels he doesn't deserve things.

Memories demand attention, and these memories will have teeth.

This book is dedicated to those who have died as a result of mind control and/or ritual abuse, and those who have lived when they would rather have died.

He was a pitiful thing. He had always been a pitiful thing. Why had she never seen that before? There was a hollow place inside her where her fear had been.

God is the source of life. Life without God is hopeless. But life with God is an endless hope

An emotionally abusive relationship, in very simplistic terms, is much like standing up in a too hot bath and sinking back in so as not to feel so dizzy.

You may discover your purpose, but if you take it for granted, you will abuse yourself.

One Decision Makes All the Difference

Psychological and emotional wellness is an ongoing process for everyone.

After what she's been through, there really should be crime scene tape around her heart.

Clouds of confusionrolled into illusionHe veils perversionforcing her coercionHer body he takeswhile she flies awayunbelievable, she's invisible

This ain't my first rodeo!".~R. Alan Woods [1999]

A child that’s being abused by its parents doesn’t stop loving its parents, it stops loving itself.

Abuse grows from attitudes and values, not feelings. The roots are ownership, the trunk is entitlement, and the branches are control.

It is always a mistake to underestimate how long it takes for mankind to understand the traumas it has suffered, especially the self-inflicted ones.

It is a rare person who can cut himself off from mediate and immediate relations with others for long spaces of time without undergoing a deterioration in personality.

Over-the-counter ‪‎drug‬ ‪‎abuse‬ or addiction was a problem that I observed at Mauna Kea

You're a survivor because everyday you make a choice not to be governed by their harsh words or actions. No one has the right to take away your happiness.

Addiction does not cause partner abuse, and recovery from addiction does not “cure” partner abuse.

Last night I dreamt Moses and I were rowing underwater.We could breathe and talk to one another.We rowed past schools of fish and sea anemones and Moses named them for me.”—Jules Finn

There is no one way to recover and heal from any trauma. Each survivor chooses their own path or stumbles across it.

Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial.

The happy family is a myth for many.

The capacity for dissociation enables the young child to exercise their innate life-sustaining need for attachment in spite of the fact that principal attachment figures are also principal abusers.

You're a survivor because every day you make a choice not to be governed by their harsh words or actions. No one has the right to take away your happiness

Life is full of challenges. In the end, it's getting up that pulls us through the dark days. So we can admire the sunset.

There are people that damage you for life. The day they walked into your life will forever be a turning point you will use to label and count your years with... Your own BC and AD.