536 Quotes About Punishment

Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.

Sin contains its own judgement and punishment.

I’ve never seen anyone rehabilitated by punishment.

For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure.

I have lived to see the greatest plague on earth -- the condemning of God's word, a fearful thing, surpassing all other plagues in the world; for thereupon most surely follow all manner of punishments, eternal and corporal.

Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.

He thought that in the history of the world it might even be that there was more punishment than crime but he took small comfort from it.

Sins may be forgiven. Crimes require punishment.

The late William Jennings Bryan, L.L.D., always had one great advantage in controversy; he was never burdened with an understanding of his opponent's case.