Abuse Quotes

Killing animals to make a fashion statement = a sickening + cold-blooded vanity.

To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.

One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population.

None seemed to think the injury arose from the use of a bad thing but from the abuse of a very good thing

Media corporations have a civic responsibility not only to prevent fraud and financial abuse, but also to not corrupt or degrade our culture.

A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to the last extremes of injustice and oppression.

Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight. I'm working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I'm prepared to face the consequences.

Every good movement passes through five stages, indifference, ridicule, abuse, repression, and respect.

I do not support child abuse. It's a disgusting crime of which I am a victim.

I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.

We discussed relationships, abuse, divorce and more. In our society, women have no outlet for these things. The only outlet is the church. And the church can't handle everything. I saw a gap.

I saw people around me who were falling deeper and deeper into alcoholism and substance abuse. It's seductive because alcohol is amazing and drugs are amazing, they work so well.

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.

Abuse and respect are diametric opposites: You do not respect someone whom you abuse, and you do not abuse someone whom you respect.

At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse.

Mother can beat me all she wants, but I haven’t let her take away my will to somehow survive.

Power breeds responsibilities, in international affairs as in domestic - or even private. To dodge or disclaim these responsibilities is one form of the abuse of power.

The growing wealth aquired by them corporations never fails to be a source of abuses.

Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse.

Most people who have survived abuse have great strength.

Half the wrong conclusions at which mankind arrive are reached by the abuse of metaphors, and by mistaking general resemblance or imaginary similarity for real identity.

Unfortunately, the current format for this lottery program are subject to fraud and abuse and leave our nation exposed to those who may seek to do harm on American soil.

Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.

The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated.

Bullies want to abuse you. Instead of allowing that, you can use them as your personal motivators. Power up and let the bully eat your dust.

A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse.

We now recognize that abuse and neglect may be as frequent in nuclear families as love, protection, and commitment are in nonnuclear families.

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own.

Before you abuse, criticize, and accuse walk a mile in my shoes.

All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.

Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once.

If the last to know he’s an addict is the addict, then maybe the last to know when a man means what he says is the man himself, he reflected.

I don't make personal abuse against anybody, I don't mind personal remarks.

Now the sole remedy for the abuse of political power is to limit it; but when politics corrupt business, modern reformers invariably demand the enlargement of the political power.

The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.

There is no excuse for human rights abuse, whether in the name of security or in the name of liberation.

Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?

The million little things that drop into your hands, The small opportunities each day brings, He leaves us free to use or abuse, And goes unchanging along His silent way

Sarcasm is an abuse of the intellect.

Permitting and protecting even the smallest acts of abuse by a tiny fraction of our officers leads to a culture where extreme acts of abuse are more likely.

I don't think his hands could take the abuse.

As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.

To mis-quote is the very foundation of original style. The success of most writers is almost entirely due to continuous and courageous abuse of familiar misquotation.

The history of paper money is an account of abuse, mismanagement, and financial disaster.

Any abuse of animals is the same as abuse of men, women, or children.

I march in the parade of liberty But as long as I love you I’m not free How long must I suffer such abuse Won’t you let me see you smile one time before I turn you loose?

I used alcohol for my panic attacks, to manage stressors.

THERE is widespread agreement among economists that abuse of credit constitutes one of the chief unwholesome elements in business booms and is mainly responsible for the ensuing crash and depression.

I love being from a screwed up family. We have everything in my family: prescription drug abuse, mental illness, one of my uncles is a Mormon.