Avenging Quotes
23 quotes by 23 authors
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Dignity does not come from avenging insults, especially from violence that can never be justified. It comes from taking responsibility and advancing our common humanity.
— Hillary Clinton
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Biography can be the most middle-class of all forms, the judgment of little people avenging themselves on the great.
— Edmund White
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That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town, has muddied the Boiling Spring with his foot, and he it is that…
— Henry David Thoreau
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The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.
— Jane Porter
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What's this war in the heart of Nature? Why does Nature vie with itself? The Land contend with the Sea? Is there an avenging power…
— Terrence Malick
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I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted: a fireman, a policeman, a doctor – even President, it seemed. And…
— Bill Hicks
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This was not an attack by a mentally deranged, lone-wolf gunman. This was not an 'un-Islamic' attack by a bunch of thugs - the perpetrators…
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Your democratically elected governments continuously perpetuate injustice against my people all over the world, and your support of them makes you directly responsible, just as…
— Mohamed Khan
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Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel-dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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We cannot build the future by avenging the past.
— T.H. White
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His avenging angel had come to call him home. A suicide was waiting for him back in his own world, and by now he ought…
— Gregory Maguire
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My father hired you to protect me," Ahmed said, "not to go off chasing men." Grandma leaned forward, keeping her eye on the Taurus. "We…
— Janet Evanovich
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The light beyond my eyes flashflashflashes with a hundred futures for me. Doctor. Ship's captain. Forest ranger. Librarian. Beloved of that man or that women…
— Laurie Halse Anderson
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You're beautiful in battle. ... Like an avenging angel come to deliver the justice of heaven." "Funny. That is kind of why I'm here." "Angels…
— Richelle Mead
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Strider's bedroom "The only thing hanging on the wall that wasn't a weapon was the portrait just over the bed. No. Not true, he thought…
— Gena Showalter
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In the world of the superheroes, everything had value, potential, mystery. Any person, thing, or object could be drafted into service in the struggle against…
— Grant Morrison
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The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Desert Storm was seen by the military establishment and by some politicians as avenging Vietnam, but it left behind dangerous illusions. The victory was so…
— Michael Ignatieff
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No amount of time will weaken our allegiance to avenging those lost in the horrible attacks. America has a sharp memory, a firm resolve, and…
— John Doolittle
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O how can beautie maister the most strong, And simple truth subdue avenging wrong?
— Edmund Spenser
Who Wrote These Avenging Quotes
23 authors contributed a total of 23 Avenging Quotes as follows: