offense Quotes

“There is no other way of guarding oneself from flatterers except letting men understand that to tell you the truth does not offend you.”

″‘Mama, she is poor and dirty...’ said Esperanza.” “But Mama interrupted. ‘When you scorn these people, you scorn Miguel, Hortensia, and Alfonso. And you embarrass me and yourself. As difficult as it is to accept, our lives are different now.‘”

“Please don’t take offense if I don’t hit on you.”

“If you’re constantly being hurt, offended, or angered, you should honestly evaluate your inflamed ego.”

“Isn’t being offended part of being a Christian?”

“Real humility lies in self-forgetfulness. Few want to hear this but it’s true, and it can be enormously helpful in life: if you are constantly being hurt, offended, or angered, you should honestly evaluate your inflamed ego.”

“To take offense is to give offense.”

“You are not your idea, and if you identify too closely with your ideas, you will take offense when they are challenged.”

“The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than any one.”

“You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn’t it?”

“This it was that gave me a thought. No apology could blot out what I had said; it was needless to think of one, none could cover the offense; but where an apology was vain, a mere cry for help might bring Alan back to my side. I put my pride away from me. ‘Alan!’ I said; ‘if ye cannae help me, I must just die here.’ ”

″‘My idea,’ said Nancy Blackett, ‘is an alliance against all enemies, especially Uncle Jim- Captain Flint, I mean. But we want the sort of alliance that will let us fight each other if we want to.’ ‘That’s not an alliance,’ said Titty, ‘that’s a treaty, a treaty of offense and defense.‘”

“it seemed such a slight offense, and the punishment was so out of all proportion”

“Catherine used to boast that she stood between you and bodily harm: she meant that certain persons would not hurt you for fear of offending her.”