Offended Quotes

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

Epictetus

Forgiveness, Spiritual, Wisdom

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People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense.

John Wesley

People, Wish, Offense

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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

Rene Descartes

Inspirational, Spiritual, Attitude

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To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else.

David A. Bednar

Offended You, Choices, Mean Spirited

"And Nothing Shall Offend Them" by David A. Bednar, www.lds.org. October 2006.

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That which offends you only weakens you. Being offended creates the same destructive energy that offended you in the first place- so transcend your ego and stay in peace.

Wayne Dyer

Inspirational, Karma, Peace

FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Feb 06, 2014

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When we believe or say we have been offended, we usually mean we feel insulted, mistreated, snubbed, or disrespected. And certainly clumsy, embarrassing, unprincipled, and mean-spirited things do occur in our interactions with other people that would allow us to take offense. However, it ultimately is impossible for another person to offend you or to offend me. Indeed, believing that another person offended us is fundamentally false. To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else.

David A. Bednar

Believe, Mean, Offending

"And Nothing Shall Offend Them". David A. Bednar's address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. October 2006.

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Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.

Carlos Castaneda

Thinking, Men, Self

Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Fire from Within”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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Those who are determined to be 'offended' will discover a provocation somewhere. We cannot possibly adjust enough to please the fanatics, and it is degrading to make the attempt.

Christopher Hitchens

Determined, Enough, Please

"Cartoon Debate: The case for mocking religion". www.slate.com. February 04, 2006.

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Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.

Harriet Nelson

Forgiveness, Letting Go, Offended You

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Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right.

Ricky Gervais

Mean

FaceBook post by Ricky Gervais from Nov 22, 2015

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Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Offended You, Views, Giving

"The Nastiest Things Ever Said about Democrats". Book by Martin Higgins, p. 93, 2006.

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People have every right to be offended -- but that doesn't mean they get to take away your right to offend.

Mark Leiren-Young

Mean, People

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Who is more irrational, the guy who believes in a God he can't see, or a guy who's offended by a God he doesn't believe in?

Brad Stine

Believe, Guy, Irrational

Brad Stine (2006). “Live from Middle America: Rants from a Red-State Comedian”, Hudson st Press

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Taking offense has become America's national pastime; being theatrically offended supposedly signifies the exquisitely refined moral delicacy of people who feel entitled to pass through life without encountering ideas or practices that annoy them.

George Will

Practice, Ideas, America

"Thin Skins and Legislative Prayer". www.washingtonpost.com. May 07, 2014.

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Getting offended is the bait of Satan for the believer.

David McGee

Bait, Satan, Believer

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It's now very common to hear people say 'I'm rather offended by that'.

Stephen Fry

People, Freedom Of Speech, Comedian

"I saw hate in a graveyard - Stephen Fry" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2005.

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Those who are offended by something are most often those who deserve to be offended by it.

Derek R. Audette

Life, Deserve

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Getting offended is a great way to avoid answering questions that make you sound dumb.

Tucker Max

Dumb, Sound, Answering Questions

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The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't it? A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill--he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Lying, Men, Insulted Him

Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.67, First Avenue Editions

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If you are offended by reading views that disagree with yours, then yes, you will be offended. However, it is not gratuitously offensive, it simply puts an argument, and if your views are strong enough, as I believe they are, you will be able to defend your views. You will not say, "Oh, it's offensive, it's offensive." You will say "No, you are wrong here and you are wrong here," and that's what you should do.

Richard Dawkins

Strong, Fear, Believe

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When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget your anger and learn to live wisely.

Marcus Aurelius

Faults, Study, Forget You

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Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for
you can no more insult a mature man than you can paint the air.

Vernon Howard

Men, Air, Liberty

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When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

Mark Twain

Respect, Life Changing, Life Lesson

1897 Following the Equator, ch.29.

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I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.

Dolly Parton

Funny, Inspiring, Girly

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I don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone.

Marvin Harris

Writing, Offensive, Controversial

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