Offend Quotes

“Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?”
― Diogenes of Sinope

“Freedom of speech gives us the right to offend others, whereas freedom of thought gives them the choice as to whether or not to be offended.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I'm rubber, you're glue, whatever you say bounce off me and sticks to you.”
― Wise saying

“In today’s world, it is okay to assault anyone, but offending someone? That is the crime of the highest degree. Wonder why there isn’t a death penalty for that yet? Oh, wait there is. They call it blasphemy and apostasy in the middle east. They aren’t wrong; you know? What was the original sin, after all, if not offending the Abrahamic God?”
― Abhaidev, The World's Most Frustrated Man

“We cannot choose who offends us, but we can choose how to respond when we are offended.”
― Moffat Machingura, How I Kissed Heartbreak Goodbye

“Those who incessantly underestimate people will one day experience an incident that would make them want to plead everyone they had offended in the world.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“It is much more agreeable to offend and later ask forgiveness than to be offended and grant forgiveness. The one who does the former demonstrates his power and then his goodness. The other, if he does not want to be thought inhuman, must forgive; because of this coercion, pleasure in the other's humiliation is slight.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Aphorisms on Love and Hate

“You may not be able to do anything about how you feel; but you can do something about how you act. People will definitely offend you willing or unwilling by their words and actions...but you can choose to let that offence sink you down or not....”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“You can be hurt, not by what others think of you, but by what you think of what they think or you think they think of you.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“It is impossible to be truly artistic without the risk of offending someone somewhere.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“All the best writers take risks, offend people often and say fuck you to the critics.”
― Carla H. Krueger

“Leaders create influence with the clays of criticism others throw at them. They don't take offence; they take corrections.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder

“Offence is like muddy soil; when trapped underfoot, it resists rapid progress. Don't trap offences under your mind, else you resist change! Jesus said "Shake the soil off your sandals"! What are you waiting for? Shake it off!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“To know if someone can speak offensively or politely, don’t give him poem to recite; don’t give him a song to sing. Just engage him in an argument and you will know it for yourself who he is.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder

“Either offend or represent, don’t be a spectator.”
― Pradeepa Pandiyan

“We all ought to be like little children in the way we treat each other as human beings; quick to forgive, slow to offend, children are friends to each other irrespective of their gender, religion, and color.”
― Paul Bamikole

“Hate nobody; love everybody including people who offend you.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Become a Better You

“Remember, just because you have discovered your true values, you don’t get the right to offend the values of others around you, no matter how superficial they might seem.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

“The people who care about you may not tell you your blind spots fearing to offend/hurt you. Open up and ask their feedback and get enlightened.”
― Assegid Habtewold, The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership

“This is almost always the case: A piece of art receives its f(r)ame when found offensive.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“To become a better you, take note of what gets you offended quickly and never go there or let it come to you.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Become a Better You

“I didn't mean to offend," he quickly adds.
"Then, what exactly did you mean to say?”
― Dhonielle Clayton, The Belles

“The worst ever offence you can commit against your time is to think that “time spent making plans is time being wasted!” Leaders don’t think that way!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords

“Questions do not offend me, but I can't guarantee that the answers won't offend you.”
― Randall Garrett, The Best of Randall Garrett

“When the Bible offends you, be encouraged that it offends everyone at some point. Consider the responsibility of the Bible. It must speak the truth to every culture through every era of history. I believe that there has never been a culture on earth that has not been offended by the Bible on some issue. What offends one group could be common sense to another and vice versa. Some cultures are offended that God would judge people for their sin. Some cry out to God to judge people because of sin. There are some cultures that are appalled at how God would forgive people no matter what they have done. For other cultures, that kind of forgiveness is expected of God.”
― Jon Morrison

“The best thing about the internet is how quickly you can offend the maximum amount of people with minimum effort...”
― Nitya Prakash

“Forgiveness is not giving the other person permission to reoffend. However, if I don’t forgive, the person that I’ll be reoffending is myself.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Oh, learn to pity your own soul, for he who sins offends and wrongs God, but also wrongs and destroys his own soul”
― Ralph Venning, The Sinfulness of Sin