Revenge Confucius Quotes & Sayings

Sin cannot tear you away from him [Christ] even though you commit adultery a hundred times a day and commit as many murders. — Martin Luther

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire. — Confucius

Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back. — Dominique De Villepin

Sure, our three-pound brains might be inadequate to understand the universe. But perhaps they're just good enough to build something that can. — Seth Shostak

My son is not a public figure to me, he is my son. I can't predict what's going to be in the headlines. Justin has always been someone who has to do things his way. And I have to be able to believe he will do the right thing and he will come out on top. — Pattie Mallette

Rectitude is a perpetual victory, celebrated not by cries of joy but by serenity, which is joy fixed or habitual. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you devote your life to seeking revenge, first dig two graves. — Confucius

Confucius said, "Before embarking upon a journey of revenge, dig two graves." I planned to dig seven. — Lili St. Germain

Without courage, little is done and accomplished. — Auliq Ice

Walking also enables us to watch a hole unfold in front of us. To walk a course is analogous to driving a long distance rather than flying. While driving, we see the country instead of racing over it. There's a human scale that flying cannot offer. — Lorne Rubenstein

For benefits return benefits; for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge. — Confucius

I'm taking the chance, walking away, breaking the rules nobody here can tell me what to do. — Kiki

There's always that struggle between me wanting to keep [song] new and fresh and then be - I can never get with pop songs being so repetitive. — Andrew Bird

We are in the habit of saying that it was not in our power to choose the parents who were allotted to us, that they were given to us by chance. But we can choose whose children we would like to be. — Seneca.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. — Confucius

Revenge may be exacted a hundred times over in one sleepless night. The impulse, the dreaming intention, is human, normal, and we should forgive ourselves. But the raised hand, the actual violent enactment, is cursed. The maths says so. There'll be no reversion to the status quo ante, no balm, no sweet relief, or none that lasts. Only a second crime. Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves, Confucius said. Revenge unstitches a civilisation. It's a reversion to constant, visceral fear. — Ian McEwan