Harriet Nelson
Actress
"Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself."
Offended You quotes
Offended You
21 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Noam Chomsky
Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
"If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong."
Joyce Meyer
Author, Speaker
"If someone has offended you, start sowing forgiveness. You may need some yourself someday."
Blaise Pascal
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
"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."
Vincent de Paul
Saint, Priest
"I can understand that the man you told me about has offended you, and I am very annoyed that he forgot himself like that. However, you must not consider what he did as coming from him but rather as a trial which God wishes to make of your patience. This virtue will be even more a virtue in you who are more sensitive by nature and have given less cause for the offense that you have received."
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