Quotes about Revenge

We cannot win the war on terror with guns and bombs because everyone we kill is replaced by dozens more who seek revenge. The only answer is total, radical commitment to Jesus Christ.

Voting is the best revenge.

They wanted payback. I thought about what Rose said, wanting to see the rest of us hurt, because she was hurting. You have to wonder how much of the whole world's turning is fueled by that very fire.

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.

Now, I have a new quest. A far more important one." "And that is?" "Revenge.

Oft have I heard that grief softens the mind,' Ãƒ¢Ã¢'¬Ã‚ the young woman recited. " Ãƒ¢Ã¢'¬Ã‹œAnd makes it fearful and degenerate; Think therefore on revenge and cease to weep.

All I really want is enough to live on, a little house in the country... and a tree in the garden with seven of my enemies hanging in it.

But precisely this illusion that everything is "clear" is what is blinding us all. It is a serious temptation, and it is a subtle form of pride and worldly love of power and revenge.

Revenge is irreverent … To forgive someone is to display reverence. Forgiveness is not saying the one who hurt you was right. Forgiveness is stating that God is faithful and he will do what is right.

Withholding forgiveness until an offender understands or acknowledges the emotional pain they have inflicted is a subtle form of revenge. Why? Because it's hoping that the offender would hurt a little too, in order to understand. But this type of revenge robs you of your freedom and allows the offender to keep control of you. Dr. Chuck Lynch, I Should Forgive, but .

But God considers the sins of unforgiveness, anger, hatred, self-pity, lovelessness, and revenge to be just as bad as any others.

Revenge easily descends into an endless cycle of hate and violence. The Bible says never repay evil with evil.