Quotes about Revenge
No man shall be the avenger of his own wrongs, especially by a deed alike interdicted by the laws of God and man.
— Alexander Hamilton
I have always marveled that so many religions exact such revenge against dissenters. It only weakens the appeal of their faith and contradicts any claims they might have made that 'all religions are basically the same.'
— Ravi Zacharias
Ostin suddenly nodded. "Oh, I get it. It's payback. Let her stew in her own juices. Awesome.
— Richard Paul Evans
But if you plot revenge against an evildoer, you are harming yourself: Not because the thought may come back to injure you, which is superstition, but because negative thinking reinforces the source of negativity. Darkness adds to darkness.
— Deepak Chopra
I repeat it till my tongue stiffens—Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living; you said I killed you—haunt me, then!
— Emily Bronte
I'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don't care how long I wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!
— Emily Bronte
If I murmur in the least at affliction, if I am in any way uncharitable, if I revenge my own case, if I do anything purely to please myself or omit anything because it is a great denial, if I trust myself, if I take any praise for any good which Christ does by me, or if I am in any way proud, I shall act as my own and not God's.
— Jonathan Edwards
David hit a point in his life when he knew that he had to get his mind back on the things of God. Revenge, discouragement, lust, greed—none of the ugly emotions of life were going to get him through his trials. Only God could do that. So that's where he needed to refocus his mind and life.
— Darlene Zschech
The man who seeks revenge is like the man who shoots himself in order to hit his enemy with the kick of the gun's recoil.
— Tim LaHaye
One false idea is that anyone can hurt you. Events can ruin your reputation, take your money, mistreat you, revenge itself upon you, deceive, betray, abandon you, but cannot hurt you.
— Vernon Howard
Forgiveness is abandoning your right to revenge.
— Desmond Tutu
The wicked will gnaw their tongues for anguish and pain; they will curse God and look upwards. There the dogs of hell, pride, malice, revenge, rage, horror, despair, continually devout them.
— John Wesley