Quotes about Revenge

All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what else is not to be overcome? That glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me.

Our grief is not a cry for war. "That's how New Yorkers feel," the driver said. "They know what bombing looks like, and they know the hell it is. But outside New York, people will feel guilty because they weren't here. They'll be yelling for revenge out of guilt and ignorance. Sure, we all want to catch the criminals, but only people who weren't in New York will want to bomb another country and repeat what happened here.

They never show mercy because mercy was never shown to them

All the air round was so thick and dark, the people were so passionately revengeful and fitful, the innocent were so constantly put to death on vague suspicion and black malice, it was so impossible to forget that many as blameless as her husband and as dear to others as he was to her, every day shared the fate from which he had been clutched, that her heart could not be as lightened of its load as she felt it ought to be.

A godly man will forgive those who have wronged him Revenge is sweet to nature. A gracious spirit passes by affronts, forgets injuries and counts it a greater victory to conquer an enemy by patience than by power. It is truly heroic "to overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:21). Though I would not trust an enemy—yet I would endeavor to love him. I would exclude him from my creed—but not from my prayer (Matt. 5:44).

What the Squire has never understood is that forgiveness has a time line. While it's never too late for revenge.

Recklessness is almost a man's revenge on his woman. He feels he is not valued, so he will risk destroying himself to deprive her altogether.

they are listed in the approximate order of their importance and greatest usefulness: The motive of self-preservation The motive of financial gain The motive of love The motive of sexuality The motive of desire for power and fame The motive of fear The motive of revenge The motive of freedom (of body and mind) The motive of desire to create or build in thought or in material

The motive of self-preservation The motive of financial gain The motive of love The motive of sexuality The motive of desire for power and fame The motive of fear The motive of revenge The motive of freedom (of body and mind) The motive of desire to create or build in thought or in material

Forgive your enemies...it messes with their heads.

Clara had said all of life was a test about whether or not you really believed God. Every day you had a thousand choices to show God you were serious about following Him, serious about obeying Him, and one of the greatest tests was whether you would seek revenge against someone who did you wrong.

Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.