When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense.
To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else.
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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.
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.
I can't choose whether someone is offended by my actions. I can choose whether I care.
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right.
Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.
The feeling of being 'offended' is a warning indicator that is showing you where to look within yourself for unresolved issues.
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.
There are always gonna be people that are gonna be offended about something. This will never end.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.
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.
People have every right to be offended -- but that doesn't mean they get to take away your right to offend.
Those who are offended by something are most often those who deserve to be offended by it.
If someone corrects you, and you feel offended, then YOU have an EGO problem
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.
Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone.
If someone has offended you, insulted you, or disappointed you, let it go! If you are remembering all the ways you have been hurt or forgotten, let it go! Ask yourself, what good does it do for me to hold on to this?
Getting offended is the bait of Satan for the believer.
It's now very common to hear people say 'I'm rather offended by that'.
You don't have to fight every battle. You don't have to respond to every critic. You don't have to be offended because of what others say. You can rise above these things and soar.
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
I don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone.
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