Punishment Quotes

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.

Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.

Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.

I deplore the horrible crime of child-murder...We want prevention, not merely punishment. We must reach the root of the evil, and destroy it.

When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]

I agree to the conditions, Angel; because you know best what my punishment ought to be; only - only - don't make it more than I can bear!

My object all sublime I shall achieve in time- To let the punishment fit the crime- The punishment fit the crime.

Garth, marriage is punishment for shoplifting in some countries!

Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.

Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.

I don't need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose to punish it; it's my joy to cure it.

Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside.

There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.

The bark on the tree was just a little softer.

But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.

The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself.

I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.

I favor capital punishment. It saves lives.

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.

He has everything a boxer needs except speed, stamina, a punch, and ability to take punishment. In other words, he owns a pair of shorts.

In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest.

...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.

It took the Church until 1832 to remove Galileo 's work from its list of books which Catholics were forbidden to read at the risk of dire punishment of their immortal souls.

Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable.

I accept my punishment and will begin serving my suspension immediately.

How anyone can believe in eternal punishment, or in any soul which God has made being "lost" and also believes in the love, nay, even in the justice of God is a mystery indeed.

If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with virtue, they will come up to expectations.

Understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger. An iron has no gentle touch, and love ain't learned from hate.

Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.

It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience.

A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.

God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer.

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor

Many a man can save himself if he admits he's done wrong and takes his punishment.

Your fate is to be yourself, both punishment and crime.

The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned.

Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government.

Capital punihsment: That without the Capital get the punishment.

Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better.

Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.

Mercy is not what every criminal is entitled to. What he is entitled to is justice.

Non -violence is infinitely superior to violence , forgiveness is more manly than punishment. Forgiveness is the ornament.

My creed of nonviolence does not favour the punishment of thieves and dacoits and even murderers.

Legislation may at times be disobeyed, but never law, for the breaking brings swift punishment of its own.

There is no greater punishment than that of being abandoned to one's self.

When character is lost, rules and punishments cannot take its place.

There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.