128 Taking Offense Quotes
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Famous Taking Offense Quotes
At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense. — Alexander Pope
It is just as much an offense to take offense as it is to give offense. — Ken Kesey
People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense. — John Wesley
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
He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool. — Brigham Young
The feeling of being 'offended' is a warning indicator that is showing you where to look within yourself for unresolved issues. — Bryant H. McGill
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
You add to the suffering in the world when you take offense, just as much as you do when you give offense. — Ken Keyes Jr.
If you take the the insults of your fellow human beings personally, you will be offended for the rest of your life. — Deepak Chopra
People get addicted to feeling offended all the time because it gives them a high; being self-righteous and morally superior feels good. — Mark Manson
If someone corrects you, and you feel offended, then YOU have an EGO problem — Nouman Ali Khan
It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is provoking. — Epictetus
We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. — Abraham Lincoln
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. — Rene Descartes
Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone. — Carlos Castaneda
Short Taking Offense Quotes
- If you know your ceremonies and culture you'll know where the offense takes place — Floyd Red Crow Westerman
- Humble people dont get Offended easily. — Radhanath Swami
- A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything. — Aristotle
- He who puts up with insult invites injury. — Yiddish Proverbs
- I'm offended by political jokes. Too often they get elected. — Henny Youngman
- You don't take insults. You leave them with the insulter. — Milton H. Erickson
- The easier you are to offend, the easier you are to control. — Alex Hormozi
- Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself. — Patsy Cline
- The hypocrite takes good advice as an insult. — Nouman Ali Khan
Taking Offence Quotes
If I take offence easily; if I am content to continue in cold unfriendliness, though friendship be possible, then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
It would be a good contest amongst Christians, one to labour to give no offence, and the other to labour to take none. The best men are severe to themselves, tender over others. — Richard Sibbes
I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others. — John Woolman
Honestly some folk will take offence at anything, I met a bloke with no legs this morning while at the bus stop, all I asked was "How are you getting on?" — Billy Connolly
Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous.Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. — Nicholas Sparks
When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them. — Ambrose
My belief is, from all that I have seen of the French people and their Government, that they are much more likely to presume upon our weakness than to take offence at our strength. — Robert Peel
Sir, with no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth. — Robert Louis Stevenson
We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From there we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities. — Salman Rushdie
Take advantage of the gracious condescension of the elegant calf's kidney, multiply its metamorphoses: you can without giving it any offence, call it the chameleon of cuisine. — Emmanuel des Essarts
Taking Money Quotes
Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end. — Bob Marley
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another. — Voltaire
Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don't need an education to understand it, and there's no admission fee. — Banksy
If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money. — Simone Weil
A fool may earn money, but it takes a wise man to keep it. — Scottish Proverbs
Take the money in your wallet and invest it in your mind. And in return, your mind will fill up your wallet! — Benjamin Franklin
I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money. — Thomas Sowell
Today, basically, on Wall Street, the big money is made by taking risks. — Bernard Madoff
Even someone who works with me, like this girl who works with me, her name is Sue. She lives with me and holds the fort; she takes care of all these little things. She takes care of the money situation, and I would not be able to live without someone like that. — Caprice Bourret
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. — Ayn Rand
Take Charge Quotes
Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be. — Michael Josephson
I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself — Simone de Beauvoir
Take Charge Of Your Financial Future. I believe investing small amounts each month in the stock market will give you financial freedom in the later years of your life. — Bo Sanchez
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within. — Earl Nightingale
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. — Jim Rohn
Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. — Les Brown
Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge. — Simon Sinek
The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible. — Tom Cruise
'Taking charge of one's life' involves risk, because it means confronting a diversity of open possibilities. — Anthony Giddens
People who do not take charge of their lives are lathi-charged by time. — Kiran Bedi
Not Taking Offense Quotes
Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can. — Elizabeth I
A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong. This reality is offensive to some people who would like the intellectual or spiritual to take precedence. It is instructive to see what happens to these very people as their squat strength goes up. — Mark Rippetoe
He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater fool for he has succumbed to the will of his adversary. — Brigham Young
Individuals who deliberately decide not to take offense lead happier, more productive lives. — Lloyd D. Newell
A foolish man takes offense when it isn't meant. A wise man learns not to take offense when it is. — Sayings
Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense. — Joyce Meyer
Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them. — Marquis De Vauvenargues
Being as versatile as I am, I take offense to the notion that no serious musician would not be doing a late night talk show gig. One has to be open enough in other areas to be able to contribute to a show like this. — Kevin Eubanks
I don't know exactly what covetous is, but in my experience it is not so much desiring someone else's virtue or happiness as rejecting it, taking offense at the beauty of it. — Marilynne Robinson
You are not your idea, and if you identify too closely with your ideas, you will take offense when they are challenged. — Edwin Catmull
Don't Take Offense Quotes
If a stone thrown upward hits you, don’t take offense. — Filipino Proverbs
The angels don't take offense if we keep asking over and over again. — Doreen Virtue
I don't mind comments saying things about me. I do mind them saying things about those young, brave men and women who have volunteered. That's offensive to me that people would say those kind of comments about Americans who have volunteered to take the fight to the enemy. — George W. Bush
People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that. I had an argument with my mom about Father's Day and why it's not celebrated like Mother's Day. — Dwight Howard
I'm a right pain in the hole for my agent. I won't take certain parts if I think they're offensive or banal. For instance, I won't do a film if I think it's full of violence for violence's sake, or a television drama if I don't think it's intelligent writing. — Anne-Marie Duff
People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that. — Dwight Howard
Every one of us can blame somebody for something that has happened in our lives. But don't waste your time. What we need most is a steady stream of love flowing among us. Love that quickly forgives, willingly overlooks, and refuses to take offense. — Charles R. Swindoll
The team takes on the identity of its top payers... I don't want to take anything away from the Capitals offensively. — Barry Trotz
And please, don't take offense. It's not an insult if it's true. - Devyn — Gena Showalter
Easily Offended Quotes
God is loving you into better relationships. He is loving you into being a more loving person. The more we grow in love, the less offended we become. The less offended we become, the more easily and quickly we get healed when people do wound us. — Graham Cooke
We have a society in which one of the greatest things you can do is a platform to see victim status, and one of the qualifications for that is that you have these exquisitely tender feelings about things and sensibilities which are easily offended. — Brit Hume
I know how guys talk, so I'm not easily offended. Guys can fight and be best friends five minutes later. Women have to air it out, hold on to it, work on it. — Kim Delaney
Humility is the mother of many virtues because from it obedience, fear, reverence, patience, modesty, meekness and peace are born. He who is humble easily obeys everyone, fears to offend anyone, is at peace with everyone, is kind with all. — Thomas of Villanova
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended. — Bruce Lee
The proud wish God would agree with them. They are not interested in changing their opinions to agree with God's. — Ezra Taft Benson
I've always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can't tell to an audience. There's a fine line you have to tread because you don't know who is out there in the auditorium. A lot of people are too easily offended. — Billy Connolly
So, the tendency of our childish nature is to take small things too seriously and get easily offended, whereas when we are confronted with situations which have long-term consequences, we tend to take things less seriously — Dalai Lama
A lot of people are too easily offended. Religious people, for instance. They've been offending other people for centuries. — Billy Connolly
Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we shall become indulgent toward those of others. — Francois FeNelon
People Writing About Taking Offense
| Name | Quotes | Likes |
|---|---|---|
 Carlos Castaneda |
217 | 4356 |
 Nouman Ali Khan |
83 | 10284 |
 Alexander Pope |
756 | 3847 |
 Ken Kesey |
137 | 700 |
 John Wesley |
199 | 4145 |
 David A. Bednar |
126 | 982 |
More Taking Offense Quotes
It is madness to wear ladies' straw hats and velvet hats to church; we should all be wearing crash helmets. Ushers should issue life preservers and signal flares; they should lash us to our pews. For the sleeping God may wake someday and take offense, or the waking God may draw us out to where we can never return. — Annie Dillard
Satire is, by definition, offensive. It is meant to make us feel uncomfortable. It is meant to make us scratch our heads, think, do a double-take, and then think again. — Maajid Nawaz
Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything. — Anita Brookner
Maybe I was cast into a different role (in Montreal) and it seemed to follow me around wherever I went, ... Everyone is skeptical until you produce. It's up to me from this point forward. I'm going to get an opportunity to maybe take on a bigger role leadership-wise and offensively. — Darcy Tucker
Our military offensive is indispensable, since force must be met by force. But our social offensive is the extra weapon which the enemy cannot produce. Here the enemy meets democracy's strongest element-the ability to realize and satisfy the needs of its people without taking from them their freedom and dignity as human beings. — Ramon Magsaysay
From self-knowledge flows the stream of humility, which never seizes on mere report, nor takes offense at anything, but bears every insult, every loss of consolation, and every sorry, from whatever direction they may come, patiently, with joy. — St. Catherine of Siena
Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. — Red Auerbach
You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive. — Sun Tzu
Prevailing prayer is prayer that pushes right through all difficulties and obstacles, drives back all the opposing forces of Satan, and secures the will of God. Its purpose is to accomplish God's will on earth. Prevailing prayer is prayer that not only takes the initiative but continues on the offensive for God until spiritual victory is won. — Wesley L Duewel
An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens. — Robert Benchley
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
Can a woodchuck chuck wood? Because the question is, "how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if," so you haven't established or proved without any shadow of a doubt that a woodchuck could chuck wood. Frankly, I believe that they chew wood. I don't think they can chuck wood at all! I take offense to the whole chucking question. — Tim Allen
My mental approach is totally different. My coach predicated everything on defense. He always talked about defense, defense, defense. I took it to heart that if you play defense, you can take the heart from an offensive player. — Eric Williams
The problem with taking offense is that it's really hard to figure out what to do with it after you're done using it. Better to just leave it on the table and walk away. Umbrage untaken quietly disappears. — Seth Godin
You take all the offensive linemen and put them in a burlap bag, and then you take a baseball bat and beat on the bag. You’re sacking them. You’re bagging them. And that’s what you’re doing with a quarterback. — Deacon Jones
I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move, a screen, the break, an outstanding scorer, whatever it is that they like to do and rely on, you have to work in your plans on taking that completely or as much as possible away from them. — Bobby Knight
You make yourself and others suffer just as much when you take offense as when you give offense. — Ken Keyes Jr.
The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous - the English alone seem to exist in taking and giving offense. — William Hazlitt
Mastery of awareness requires that you never take personal offense. — Deepak Chopra
The most interesting nerds are the ones who take offense to being called nerds. — Greg Fitzsimmons
In any offense you put me in, when things break down, I'm going to get outside the pocket and move ... West Coast, East Coast. It doesn't matter. I'm taking off if I have to, to make things happen. — Michael Vick
If the Scottish want to break away, I shall stand on Hadrian's Wall with a teary handkerchief, and say: 'Good riddance to the lot of you, and take your stupid bagpipes with you.' — Jeremy Clarkson
The opponent strikes you on your cheek, and you strike him on the heart by your amazing spiritual audacity in turning the other cheek. You wrest the offensive from him by refusing to take his weapons, by keeping your own, and by striking him in his conscience from a higher level. He hits you physically, and you hit him spiritually. — E. Stanley Jones
A personal offense is like a scratch on a phonograph record. I couldn't move my thoughts beyond my pain. It kept repeating, as if I were stuck within its grooves. There was only one way to play beyond it. I had to forgive them, so my heart could take its form again. — Laurel Lee
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America. And undocumented immigrants who desperately want to embrace those responsibilities see little option but to remain in the shadows, or risk their families being torn apart. — Barack Obama
A master salesman is one who takes the offensive and never the defensive sale of an argument, if argument arises. — Napoleon Hill
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