Being thankful Quote by Anonymous

When you know what you have done wrong, punishment is not so painful because it feels deserved and serves to improve you. More often,…

— Anonymous

“The misfortune we sometimes view as punishment is really just the natural result of our poor judgment; but it is easier for us to…

— Debbie Gilliland

When someone else is getting punished you show up, you eat some lunch, you sit back because you're not going to do anything. But…

— Sal Vulcano

“We sometimes hurt those we love because they need to be “taught a lesson,” when we really want to punish. We were depressed and…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

The desire to punish is a desire that emanates from a place of equality and justice. The lesson I feel that we have to…

— Chris Hayes

Too often, our minds are so burdened because of the mistakes we have made that we do not take the time to forgive ourselves…

— Ernest Holmes

It is our peculiar punishment that we know things change and we want this to be otherwise.

— Sallie Tisdale

By not forgiving, by not letting wrongs go, we aren't getting back at anyone. We are merely punishing ourselves by barricading our own hearts.

— Jim Cymbala

The Human is the only animal on earth that pays a thousand times for the same mistake. We make a mistake, we judge ourselves,…

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

“People are "punished" or "rewarded" not for what they have done but for what they have become, and what we intentionally do is what…

— David R. Loy

A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to…

— Anonymous

When we do align with it, we thrive. And when we do not, we suffer. This is not "punishment." It is merely the Law…

— Marianne Williamson