Prison Quotes Quotes

“You are not free the day you walk out of prison; you are free the day you walk out of ignorance.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If love was a crime, God would encourage us all to go to prison.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Darkness is a prison from which only light escapes.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“There came a situation in my life, to bribe or to be imprisoned, even if the second option was to be hanged, write it in my funeral, I had never opted corruption, bribe, and violence in my life”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Our hearts are all prison walls when we hold people captive with chains of unforgiveness.”
― Ikechukwu Izuakor

“You are as free as a prisoner in an open air prison”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Dear Young Black Males… Juvenile Hall, Jail, and Prison are overflowing with young Black youth that look just like you. You’ve got to be willing to change the narrative of your life! Respect yourself by NOT going down that dead-end road. Enough of the countless excuses! Your life matters, right? So, dare to go against the norm, and do the RIGHT things. If not, you’ll find your life disrupted, destroyed, or ended. Is incarceration or death really worth it? Think it through… THINK IT THOUGH. The choice is yours young Kings, choose wisely! Consequences are VERY real.”
― Stephanie Lahart

“Everyone has a prison they are stuck in! Words are the author's prison; the scenes, the actors 'prison; the fields, the peasants' prison; boats, fishermen's prison; love, lovers’ prison! Always remind yourself of the world outside of your own prison so that the prison knows its limits and doesn't make you a slave! Remember, the perfect prison is still a prison! Never put your freedom at the disposal of anything or anyone, because it belongs only to you!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The strongest prison is the one where you are afraid to leave even though the door is open! There is no more heavy imprisonment than being afraid to be free!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Obligation is a prison. To get out of it, we must serve our time.”
― Kamil Alvi

“If life is a prison, then some people are prisoners who have too much freedom.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“All I want is to be in a place I’m not trying to get out of.”
― Richard Stark, Breakout

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in an idea, by an idea, living through in idea, we are our own prisoners .”
― litymunshi

“From the other side of my prison, you are in a bigger prison than mine”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Nor is the world a stage or a prison. Simply, because there is no difference between the prisoner and the individual who is about to go on stage; they have no idea what to expect there. Both suffer from the disease of expectation.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“The king is a prisoner in disguise. All he can enjoy are free meals like a prisoner getting the same pleasure in prison.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Love is a prison.”
― Serena Deena

“Prisons, far from providing a path to redemption, often exacerbate the very issues they aim to resolve.”
― Rove Monteux, What is Wrong with Society Today

“Freedom is a prison for some prisoners.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“Since 1865, when the [Thirteenth] Amendment was passed, Black men were getting charged, set up, arrested, and convicted for the pettiest of offenses--like child support. They were getting harsher punishments and longer sentences than their white counterparts. That way, the cotton could still get picked and the tobacco could still get plucked. The Confederate way of making money could still survive despite the abolishment of slavery.”
― Amy Watkins