Top Retribution Quotes

One day I woke up and realized no amount of love, care, pain, hurt, anger, or retribution could ever transform those who are evil into good or kind people. That day I let go; I stopped caring for them...

An action made by an unwitting man, shall not define, nor justify a common thought and interpretation.

Retribution Definition

(n.) The act of retributing; repayment.

(n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.

(n.) Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.

In it's purest form, an act of retribution provides symmetry. The rendering payment of crimes against the innocent. But a danger on retaliation lies on the furthering cycle of violence. Still, it's a...

An action made by an unwitting man, shall not define, nor justify a common thought or interpretation.

To love those who hate us is to refuse to borrow their hatred.

I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime, but perpetuates the idea of retribution, thus maintaining the endless c...

And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.-Revelations 20:9

Remembering the treatment that had been accorded the Knights and soldiers of St. Elmo, the Maltese inhabitants of Senglea took no prisoners. Hence there arose the expression (used in Malta to this day...

We'd rather have a grand spectacle of retribution of the 'wicked', than their silent walk towards redemption that our wishes questions the depth and nature of our love and hearts.

An action made by a unwitting man, shall not define, nor justify a common though and interpretation.

You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted.

In every life, there comes a day of reckoning - a time when unsettled scores demand retribution, and our own lies and transgressions are finally laid bare.

Mr. Buckley, let me explain it this way. And I'll do so very carefully and slowly so that even you will understand it. If I was the sheriff, I would not have arrested him. If I was on the grand jury,...

Accidents and sicknesses are accepted as deserved retribution by the person who has feelings of guilt

Y esto me hace pensar en la necesidad de inventar previamente algún sistema que permita detectar la canallería en personajes respetables y medirla con exactitud para descontarle a cada individuo la ca...

People are always ashamed of the misery that has befallen them, as though it were an act of divine retribution for a long-forgotten sin of theirs

There is no elegance in hate, but there is tremendous beauty in the unintended revenge of living well and being happy.

But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.

For some offenses, there is only retribution." Nora Hawks, "One Woman's Vengeance.

Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.