Offended Quotes

“The only real conflict you will ever have in your life won’t be with others, but with yourself.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“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, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“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

“[T]he useful idiots, the leftists who are idealistically believing in the beauty of the Soviet socialist or Communist or whatever system, when they get disillusioned, they become the worst enemies. That’s why my KGB instructors specifically made the point: never bother with leftists. Forget about these political prostitutes. Aim higher. [...] They serve a purpose only at the stage of destabilization of a nation. For example, your leftists in the United States: all these professors and all these beautiful civil rights defenders. They are instrumental in the process of the subversion only to destabilize a nation. When their job is completed, they are not needed any more. They know too much. Some of them, when they get disillusioned, when they see that Marxist-Leninists come to power—obviously they get offended—they think that they will come to power. That will never happen, of course. They will be lined up against the wall and shot.”
― Yuri Bezmenov

“The moment you say that any idea system is sacred, whether it’s a religious belief system or a secular ideology, the moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.”
― Salman Rushdie

“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 like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.”
― Linus Torvalds

“Tough times don't define you, they refine you. ‪”
― Carlos A. Rodriguez, Designed For Inheritance: A Discovery of Sonship

“Some people looove to feel offended because it makes them feel important. When your only tool is a hammer, suddenly every problem starts to look like a nail. And when the only time you feel relevant is when you claim to be offended, suddenly everything looks offensive.”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, Inside The Mind of an Introvert

“They call good evil and evil good. There are those who are so easily offended that they lose their ability to ever discern any truth, and this is often derived from a sort of frenzy by way of their own masked prejudice.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“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

“Sometimes when you get older—and I'm not talking about you, I'm talking generally, because everyone ages differently—things you think on and wish on start to seem real. And then you believe them, and before you know it they're a part of your history, and if someone challenges you on them and says they're not true—why, then you get offended.”
― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

“If you're offended by my boundaries, then you're probably one of the reasons I need them.”
― Steve Maraboli

“Nobody gives a shit that you're offended. I'm not. And my opinion is more important to me than yours.”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, Inside The Mind of an Introvert

“The more easily you get offended, the less developed you are as a human being.”
― Robert Celner

“Most of my opinions are not as informed and well rounded as I would like. I have to be humble enough to accept that I don’t know enough. If my goal is to understand something true, then being challenged is a good thing. We need to be challenged occasionally and to get out of the echo chamber that is your own philosophical group or your own confirmation biased mind. The alternative is to only be able to hear one narrative and for those who oppose that narrative to be silenced, or to have uncivil debate by two polar opposite opinions. Truth is usually found to be hidden in a field of nuance and, as Albert Maysles said, “Tyranny is the deliberate removal of nuance.”
― Eric Overby, Legacy

“It is always improper to intentionally offend anyone; and if someone is offended by your actions or words, they are not necessarily right.”
― RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo) – 1981

“I think you offend people who never wanted to see you make it to begin with.”
― Scarlet Jei Saoirse, Scarlosophy: Thinking Out Loud

“The wise man can never be offended. If the comment mirrors a truth, or an aspect thereof, there can be no offense whatsoever. To the contrary, such thing will be welcomed with delight!
And even if a discourteous person attacks the wise man with lies and profane language, either because of malice or because of ignorance, there is absolutely no reason for the wise man to be disturbed. Understanding and compassion for this unfortunate fellowman will be his most probable response.”
― Giannis Delimitsos

“Before trying to be funny, remember The Offended, and then don’t say anything at all. You can’t even make fun of yourself these days, because at just one person, you are the tiniest minority—and therefore a protected species.”
― Jarod Kintz, There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't

“It's easy to talk, but to don't give a fuck and to don't get offended is damn hard...”
― Deyth Banger

“Sorry IF I offended you.… you should said more early about it.”
― Deyth Banger

“Forgiveness is difficult to create in a world of cyclical cruelty. Transmutation is ideal as it creates equilibrium. Transmute all offending connections to people who have labeled you as inferior. Let go. See yourself as a person of great worth. Above all, love yourself.”
― Deborah Bravandt

“Other people will say things, not knowing what you have done. You will feel guilty and get offended, because you know what you have done. Sometimes we get offended, not because of what is said, but because of what we know, about on what is said.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“Turn a slight into your might.”
― Kamini Arichandran

“You're actually going to help me?'

'I've been helping you for months.' His hand flexes at my waist, and I swear I can feel the warmth of his touch through my cloak and leathers.

'No, you sent Liam to help. He's been helping me for months. My forehead puckers. 'Weeks. Almost months. Whatever.'

He has the nerve to look offended. 'I'm the one who burst through your door and killed everyone who attacked you, and then I removed the other threat to your life with a very public, very polarising display of vengeance. Liam didn't do that. I did.'

'The crowd wasn't polarised. They were all for it. I was there.'

'You were torn. In fact, you begged Tairn not to kill her, damn well knowing she'd just come after you again.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“You do not seem like the sort of man who could be offended, especially by someone as lowly as me. But if I offended you, I am sorry.”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“It… I... made a bond." I’d think this new contrite side of him adorable if I did not have a gripping sensation that he just turned the whole rutting world on its ears.

"What kind of bond?"

"Claiming."

"Claiming what? Me? For what?" My head starts to spin. Quinton needs to get to the point. My bite mark heats and tingles as if it knows we are talking about it. Or maybe it is my mind playing tricks on me.

"For me." Quinton runs his hands over his face and when he meets my eyes, his again brim with apology. "I claimed you. I bonded us together."

"Like… siblings?" The bite mark flares, offended.

For stars’ sake,” Quinton snaps. “Mates, Kitterny. I claimed you as a mate.”
― Alex Lidell, Dragons' Bride

“Rather than becoming offended, angry, or helpless, a proactive person explores the growth that comes from trials and conflict.”
― Scott Shumway, The Invisible Four-letter Word: The Secret to Getting What You Really Want in Life.

“Confession, when given in a state of repentance (being genuinely sorry), is not for the weakhearted. Neither is it weak in what it was designed to do. It requires a personal resolve and humility to voice out loud what you did or didn’t do so that you can become right with God, the offended party, and yourself.”
― Ron Acosta, Unstoppable Grace: A Memoir