41 Revenge Quotes That Will Enlighten Your Mind
1. “A need for revenge can burn long and hot. Especially if every glance in a mirror reinforces it.” ― Suzanne Collins
2. “Revenge is not sweet; it is gloomy and a waste of time.” ― Anna Bayes
3. “We learn our lessons; we get hurt; we want revenge. Then we realize that actually, happiness and forgiving people is the best revenge.” ― Madonna
4. “The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.” ― Eddie Vedder
5. “Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.” ― William Makepeace Thackeray
6. “The man who seeks revenge digs two graves.” ― Ken Kesey
7. “It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.” ― Isaac Burrow
8. “Revenge proves its own executioner.” ― John Ford
9. “Success is the best revenge.” ― Kanye West
10. “Revenge is starting a fire you can’t control.” ― Marty Rubin
11. “Revenge is an infection of the spirit.” ― Jonathan Maberry
12. “Living well is the best revenge.” ― George Herbert
13. “Revenge is not a noble sentiment, but it is a human one.” ― Rudy Giuliani
14. “Revenge is the raging fire that consumes the arsonist.” ― Max Lucado
15. “Funny thing about revenge. It could make a killer out of a nun.” ― Kevis Hendrickson
16. “The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” ― Marcus Aurelius
17. “When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.” ― Jodi Picoult
18. “Revenge can only be found on the road to self-destruction.” ― Wayne Gerard Trotman
19. “There is nothing wrong with revenge. The wrong has already been done, or there would be no need to even the score.” ― Ashly Lorenzana
20. “Revenge is the act of passion, vengeance is an act of justice.” ― Samuel Johnson
21. “To seek greatness is the only righteous vengeance.” ― Criss Jami
22. “Revenge is backward looking, whereas rationality is forward looking — so the two fail to engage.” ― Alan Hamlin
23. “Revenge is never the answer”― Kasie West
24. “The best revenge is to show them that your life is getting better after they’re gone.” ― Nishan Panwar
25. “Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.” ― Walter Scott
26. “Revenge is what I want. Nothing but pure unadulterated revenge. But my mother brought me up to be a lady.” ― J. P. Donleavy
27. “Always stay gracious, the best revenge is your paper.” ― Beyonce
28. “Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.” ― Juvenal
29. “It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
30. “Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.” ― Francis Bacon
31. “There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.” ― Josh Billings
32. “Vengeance is a monster of appetite, forever bloodthirsty and never filled.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
33. “Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.” ― Friedrich Schiller
34. “A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green.” ― Francis Bacon
35. “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
36. “The soul of mercy is better than a soul that is revengeful.” ― Angelina Elise
37. “Neglect kills injuries, revenge increases them.” ― Ben Franklin
38. “I want revenge, but I don’t want to screw up my karma.” ― Susane Colasanti
39. “Revenge is never the best driver for a battle, but a common one.” ― Janet Morris
40. “Revenge is not always sweet, once it is consummated we feel inferior to our victim.” ― Emile M. Cioran
41. “Revenge is like politics, one thing always leads to another until bad has become worse, and worse has become worst.” ― Jonas Jonasson
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