To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else.
God has never, in the history of mankind, allowed His name to go long offended.
I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.
I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine.
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.
These terrorists aren't trying to kill us because we offended them. They attack us because they want to impose their view of the world on as many people as they can, and America is standing in their way.
If you make comedy, if you try and make comedy where no one gets upset or offended, you're going to fail.
Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.
Our enmity toward God takes on many labels, such as rebellion, hard-heartedness, stiff-neckedness, unrepentant, puffed up, easily offended, and sign seekers. The proud wish God would agree with them. They aren't interested in changing their opinions to agree with God's.
Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.
The proud wish God would agree with them. They are not interested in changing their opinions to agree with God's.
I apologize if anybody was offended by anything I said.
If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong.
Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself.
It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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?
Always turn to God in the midst of your struggle and view people who offended you as an instruments of divine sovereignty.
If someone has offended you, start sowing forgiveness. You may need some yourself someday.
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.