Revenge Quotes

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

I don't want tea," said Clary, with muffled force. "I want to find my mother. And then I want to find out who took her in the first place, and I want to kill them."
"Unfortunately," said Hodge, "we're all out of bitter revenge at the moment, so it's either tea or nothing.

I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.

Harry was left to ponder in silence the depths to which girls would sink to get revenge.

My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!

I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.

Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.

Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours.

Karma comes after everyone eventually. You can't get away with screwing people over your whole life, I don't care who you are. What goes around comes around. That's how it works. Sooner or later the universe will serve you the revenge that you deserve.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases,
heal'd by the same means, warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?
If you prick us, do we not bleed? If
you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?
And if you wrong us, do we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.

Revenge proves its own executioner.

Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.

Often those that criticise others reveal what he himself lacks.

When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.

We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged

Tell me, tutor,' I said. 'Is revenge a science, or an art?

Stronger than lover's love is lover's hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.

People should either be caressed or crushed. If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is nothing they can do. If you need to injure someone, do it in such a way that you do not have to fear their vengeance.

When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.

The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when their tormentors suffer.

Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.

I don't like it, but my hands are tied. I just want you to know this: if I ever get the chance to betray you, I will. If the opportunity arises to pay you back, I'll take it. You'll never be able to trust me.

Insecure people only eclipse your sun because they’re jealous of your daylight and tired of their dark, starless nights.

Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself".

Humm humm haaa. Rahmumm humm haaaa," intoned Opal, finishing her chant. "Peace be inside me, tolerance all around me, forgiveness in my path. Now, Mervall, show me where the filthy human is so that I may feed him his organs.

Simply put, the best revenge is to live an awesome life.

...to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty.

There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear..." he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the last, drawing a deep breath before he said, "Revenge.

You think I don’t know pain? Puck shook his head at me. Or loss? I’ve been around a lot longer than you, prince! I know what love is, and I’ve lost
my fair share, too. Just because we have a different way of handling it, doesn’t mean I don’t have scars of my own.
Name one, I scoffed. Give me one instance where you haven’t—
Meghan Chase! Puck roared, startling me into silence. I blinked, and he sneered at me. Yeah, your highness. I know what loss is. I’ve loved that
girl since before she knew me. But I waited. I waited because I didn’t want to lie about who I was. I wanted her to know the truth before anything else.
So I waited, and I did my job. For years, I protected her, biding my time, until the day she went into the Nevernever after her brother. And then you
came along. And I saw how she looked at you. And for the first time, I wanted to kill you as much as you wanted to kill me.

When one woman strikes at the heart of another, she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal.

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

LET THE FLAMES BEGIN!

Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.

The only way to truly be safer, was to accept the dark, to walk in it with eyes wide open, to be a part of it. To keep your enemies close.

Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule.

Granny Weatherwax was often angry. She considered it one of her strong points. Genuine anger was one of the world's greatest creative forces. But you had to learn how to control it. That didn't mean you let it trickle away. It meant you dammed it, carefully, let it develop a working head, let it drown whole valleys of the mind and then, just when the whole structure was about to collapse, opened a tiny pipeline at the base and let the iron-hard stream of wrath power the turbines of revenge.

May the fleas of a thousand camels invade the crotch of the person that ruins your day. And may their arms be to short too scratch

If anger were mileage, I'd be a very frequent flyer, right up there in First Class.

There is nothing worse than having an enemy who is a total loser. It's incredibly frustrating when seeking revenge against one, because you come to the realization that there is really nothing you can do to make the person's life worse than it already is. They have nothing to take, there is no way to screw them over if you have been their victim. It's maddening.

I clench my fists and try not to scream and I tuck my friends in my heart and
revenge
I think
has never looked so sweet.

It's hard to be done a favor by a man you hate. It's hard to hate him so much afterwards. Losing an enemy can be worse than losing a friend, if you've had him for long enough.

Darkness... When everything that you know and love... is taken from you so harshly... all you can think about is anger, hatred, and even revenge... and no one can save you.

To seek greatness is the only righteous vengeance.