36 Quotes About Retaliation

[T]hat's the way of torturers of every age, to put the blame on the victim, especially when he strikes back.

We(Pakistan) will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own (Atom bomb).... We have no other choice!

If you let people shit all over your doorstep, you’re the one who looks like shit, not them. Go and shit on their doorstep. Or are you too liberal, prissy and up yourself for that? There’s nothing worse than dilettantes, posers and Ignavi. If you’ve got no fire in your belly, fuck off! Go and let someone shit on you. We’re not interested in coprophiliacs.

[H]er retaliation only made the sin the greater because she could not find words to confess.

Retaliation retards your excellence. Nelson Mandela would not have been named as a great man if not for his courage to forgive those who schemed and plotted it for him to spend those 10000 bitter days in prison.

It is the fear of retaliation that prevents most people from committing wrong against their enemy. A state or an individual who does not pay back its offenders can`t live honourably.

Replace retaliation with forgiveness

Vengeance doesn't taste quite how you imagine it will, even after twenty-five years. It leaves a mark.

We retaliate instead of reflect, and we burn hot in the flames of revenge rather than cool our heels in the pool of patience.