1. “The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” – Marcus Aurelius

2. “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” – Mahatma Gandhi (quotes on revenge)

3. “If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you’re allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.” – Shannon L. Alder

4. “I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

5. “Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.” – Criss Jami

6. “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.” – Anne Lamott

7. “When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.” – Mary Higgins Clark

8. “Stronger than lover’s love is lover’s hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.” – Euripides

9. “God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards.” – Walt Whitman

10. “When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.” – Jodi Picoult

11. “Beware the fury of a patient man.” – John Dryden

12. “I’m a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I’m no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won’t hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.” – Muhammad Ali

13. “It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.” – Isaac Burrow

14. “There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.” – Banksy

15. “Weak people revenge, Strong people forgive, intelligent people ignore.” –Anonymous

16. “All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.” – John Milton

17. “Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.” – Friedrich Schiller

18. “The best revenge is to improve yourself.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib

19. “Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.” – Adeline Yen Mah

20. “So revenge is obviously a deeply messed-up expression of vindictiveness. It is hard to even call it evil. It is just plain insanity. A result of deeply messed-up thinking.” – Venkatesh G. Rao