Success is the best revenge; a phrase often said yet rarely executed. The act of “getting back at someone” is often associated with some sort of negative repercussion. Not only do we find it necessary to seek our revenge, but we also find satisfaction in inflicting vengeance on someone with such vindictive spirits. Why do we find pleasure in doing this? Seeking revenge on someone gives a negative representation of oneself while leaving us with a sense of short-term comfort. Despite it’s negative association, the term revenge can also be affiliated with positive acts. In fact, the most satisfactory way I ever sought my revenge on someone was by proving him wrong with my success.
People insult you and push you down because they believe you can't make it. They honestly think you're reaching too high, and you're bound to fail.
If you really want to knock out their egos, live an incredible life. Be the successful individual you told them you'd be, the successful individual they laughed at you for thinking you could become.
Create the life of your dreams and then watch their faces as they realize how wrong they were. Watch as the thought hits them: They could have had what you have if they only spent more time believing in themselves and less time and energy trying to break you.
If you let them get to you and you do fail, you do give up and you never change your life, they win. They were right, and you were wrong. They got to beat you up, spit on you, step all over you and then rub it in your face.
F*ck them. Show them you're smarter, wiser and you're better than they are. But don't do it in spite of them — they don't even deserve a place in your thoughts. Do it for yourself, and you'll be too busy being happy to pay any attention to them in the first place.