Quotes about punishment
punishment rewards tongue
Loquacity with tongue or pen is its own reward -- or, punishment. George Eliot
punishment yoke
That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing.
punishment long murder
The long and distressing controversy over capital punishment is very unfair to anyone meditating murder. Geoffrey Fisher
punishment sin
Every sin brings its punishment with it. George Herbert
punishment people desire
The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ. J. C. Ryle
punishment people feelings
All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance. Friedrich Nietzsche
punishment withdrawal nations
There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital. Jerzy Kosinski
punishment usa long
Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment.
punishment doe needs
Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it. Georges Bernanos
punishment misery prosperity
death must no longer be either the penalty for prosperity or the consolation of misery. God did not destine it to be either the punishment or the compensation for life ... George Sand
punishment impossible autonomy
Punishment renders autonomy of conscience impossible. Jean Piaget
punishment support purpose
The purpose of punishment is to improve those who do the punishing--that is the final recourse of those who support punishment.
punishment virtue
One is punished best for one's virtues.
punishment festivals ancient
Without cruelty there is no festival: thus the longest and most ancient part of human history teaches and in punishment there is so much that is festive!
punishment resistance consciousness
Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.
punishment uncertain severity
No severity of punishment deters when detection is uncertain, as it always must be. George Bernard Shaw
punishment ready served taken time
He's taken his punishment and didn't whimper or complain. He served his time and is ready to go. Steve Spurrier
punishment doe tasks
Death does not trouble me. I have no fear of supernatural punishments, of course, nor could I enjoy an eternal life in which there would be nothing left for me to do, the task of living having been accomplished. B. F. Skinner
punishment people threat
Except when physically restrained, a person is least free or dignified when he is under threat of punishment, and unfortunately most people often are.
punishment names ideas
...this new idea of cure instead of punishment, so humane in seeming, had in fact deprived the criminal of all rights and by taking away the name Punishment made the thing infinite. C. S. Lewis
punishment surprise
It doesn't surprise me the punishment is so lenient.
punishment
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
punishment way pin-up-girl
If you're going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way. Jayne Mansfield
punishment crime
Punishment follows close on crime. Horace
punishment decay criminals
In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
punishment evil mischief
All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil. Jeremy Bentham
punishment rewards consideration
I never did a right thing or abstained from a wrong one from any consideration of reward or punishment. Harriet Martineau
punishment abuse double-standard
Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. Harriet Beecher Stowe
punishment judging prison
I have somewhere read that conscience not only sits as witness and judge within our bosoms, but also forms the prison of punishment. Hosea Ballou
punishment mind done
The severest punishment suffered by a sensitive mind, for injury inflicted upon another, is the consciousness of having done it.
punishment sin immunity
There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all.
punishment self justice
Hatred is self-punishment.
punishment tyrants envy
The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.