536 Quotes About Punishment

The only way I was able to defend myself was to be able to take punishment. Then I got a lot of respect. They said, "Oh, he's okay, he can take it. Don't hit him." The guys were pretty big, and I had asthma.

Discipline is not punishment. Discipline is changing someone’s behavior.

I think it (suspending aid) will be a punishment for the people, which we don't want.

Allah is Most Merciful even when He sends us trials, for even His punishment is for our own good.

The only thing that we have earned at the hands of perfect justice is perfect punishment.

Repentance is not punishment, it is the hope filled path to a more glorious future.

Hell is not punishment, it's training.

He's taken his punishment and didn't whimper or complain. He served his time and is ready to go.

If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers ought to be punished: to authenticate as good, and to encourage as useful, law-abiding behavior. The aim of criminal law cannot be correction or deterrence; it can only be the maintenance of the legal order.