Jonah saw God's will as punishment. Jesus saw God's will as nourishment. — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
Publication is almost certainly a punishment for having written a book. — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
Relationships don't thrive because the guilty are punished but because the innocent are merciful. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Do not be like those on whom advice has no effect and who require punishment to correct themselves. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
The method of electrocution would be much better than the old method of hanging. — Meldrim Thomson, Jr Copy Share Image
Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it. — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is spiritual. Punishment is legal," Leo says. "They're not mutually exclusive. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Meneer, said the captain, if man takes unto himself God's right to punish, then he must also take upon himself God's promise… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
Man's thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God's thought is always of the… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
All the friends that I loved and wanted to reward are dead, and all the enemies that I hated and I had… — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
It’s seemed more like a punishment than a reward most days…” he said, his tone one of bitter resignation. Then his gaze… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
Cops must be unleashed, and allowed to administer instant punishment, subject of course to liability when they are in error. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
These detective series on TV always end at precisely the right moment-after the criminal is arrested and before the court turns him… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
No one wants a president to be guilty of obstruction of justice. The only thing worse than that is a guilty president… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
If we consider how greatly he has sinned against the masses in the course of the centuries, how he has squeezed and… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I do not like punishments. You will never torture a child into duty; but a sensible child will dread the frown of… — Henry Kirke White Copy Share Image
The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
But [your crime] will be there, one hundred times denied, always there, dragging itself behind you. Then you will finally know that… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
There are few places outside his own play where a child can contribute to the world in which he finds himself. His… — Viola Spolin Copy Share Image
For the last few years I've tried to force myself to write at least one page every day, which doesn't sound like… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
Men are less hesitant about harming someone who makes himself loved than one who makes himself feared because love is held together… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Death does not trouble me. I have no fear of supernatural punishments, of course, nor could I enjoy an eternal life in… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
Of all the conditions to which the heart is subject suspense is one that most gnaws and cankers into the frame. One… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Faith drives a wedge between ethics and suffering. Where certain actions cause no suffering at all, religious dogmatists still maintain that they… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
In our culture of constant access and nonstop media, nothing feels more like a curse from God than time in the wilderness.… — Jonathan Martin Copy Share Image
Given the sin of impiety through which they [the Romans] sinned against the divine nature [by idolatry], the punishment that led them… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Our entire lives we witness individuals, the ones who break some of the most culturally sensitive moral codes, ruined permanently by the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I will find you," he whispered in my ear. "I promise. If I must endure two hundred years of purgatory, two hundred… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I think the other side of this is in this balance between the social state and the punishing state, remember, the social… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The soul sins therefore because, while aiming at good, it makes mistakes about the good, because it is not primary essence. And… — Sallust Copy Share Image
“This is your punishment, Lara," he whispered. "To burn as I do." -Hunter” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Punishment can do a lot for criminals, and send a message to the rest of society. — Bill Bennett Copy Share Image
Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm taking punishment - I think I'm out there delivering the blows. — Deebo Samuel Copy Share Image
To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves. — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
My creed of nonviolence does not favour the punishment of thieves and dacoits and even murderers. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Banning capital punishment takes us to a higher state of consciousness. — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
There is not eternal damnation, the only rewards and punishments are right here in this world. — Anonymous Copy Share Image