People who succeed in life do not go around setting scores; they do not even keep scores. They run up the score by doing good to others, even when the others don’t deserve it. They give them better than they are given. And as a result, they often bring the other person up to their level, instead of being brought down to the level of the other.
Revenge
Samuel Johnson
March 7, 2020
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
Brian Simmons
March 4, 2020
The very first words of Jesus while on the cross: “Father, forgive them.” Even the soldiers were shocked to hear those words. A river of love unquenchable poured from His heart. When we suffer, we think only of ourselves, our pain, our desire to be relieved from affliction. When Jesus suffered, His heart was focused on others, making sure they would be forgiven. They were harming themselves, not just Jesus.
Brad Jersak
I was reading the Bible. Vengeance is apparently not a Christian option.
Phil Hotsenpiller
We need to see… that evil need not have the last word. We do not have to respond to terror around us with a knee-jerk reaction of cowering, flailing out in rage or plotting revenge. We do have options as to how we respond to lawlessness. We can make more of an effort to heed the rest of Jesus’ warning about lawlessness — the part about endurance, salvation and the spread of the Gospel.
One Nation Without Law – Chosen Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, © 2017
J. R. R. Tolkien
It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
Lehman Strauss
We ought not to keep score of the number of times others have hurt us. God keeps records, and vengeance belongs to him.
G Campbell Morgan
There is no profounder proof of grace of character than that of being able to suffer wrongfully and yet to manifest a gracious spirit.
Dan Allender
Be awed that in our unrighteous anger God reveals the depth of His love on our behalf. It is a heart that is willing to feel angry enough to battle with God that will be surprised into praise. And nothing, but nothing, is the cure for anger like the wonder of grace. It is praise for His grace even in the light of our impotency to eradicate our unrighteous anger that leads, in time, to waiting for God’s wrath rather than seeking revenge today.
Author Unknown
If someone has wronged you, and you get revenge, you will be pleased for a minute, If you forgive him, you will be happy forever.