Realizing Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

Vengeance is the act of turning anger in on yourself. On the surface it may be directed at someone else, but it is a…

— Jane Goldman

When you give up vengeance, make sure you are not giving up on justice. The line between the two is faint, unsteady, and fine...Vengeance…

— Lewis B. Smedes

Vengeance is a strange human motivation --- it can drive a man to do things which he neither would nor could achieve without it…

— H. Beam Piper

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

— Pierre Corneille

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of…

— Barbara Deming

There is no justice. There are occasional acts of vengeance, or regret, but there's no real justice. In the natural scheme of things, it…

— Jack McDevitt

The offender needs pity, not wrath; those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness; and one must be always…

— Marcus Aurelius

I don't believe in vengeance. Really, when all is said and done, I probably don't believe in punishment.

— Penn Jillette

Revenge is more wild, less calculated...deeply personal. Retribution is a punishment that is morally right and fully deserved. (Mitch Rapp)

— Vince Flynn

Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.

— Victor Hugo

Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.

— Marilyn vos Savant

“retribution noun ret·ri·bu·tion \ˌre-trə-ˈbyü-shən\ Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.  ”

— Sloane Kennedy