"When we believe or say we have been offended, we usually mean we feel insulted, mistreated, snubbed, or disrespected. And certainly clumsy, embarrassing, unprincipled, and mean-spirited things do occur in our interactions with other people that would allow us to take offense. However, it ultimately is impossible for another person to offend you or to offend me. Indeed, believing that another person offended us is fundamentally false. To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else."

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Source : "And Nothing Shall Offend Them" by David A. Bednar, www.lds.org. October 2006.

David A. Bednar

#Believe Quotes #Mean Quotes #People Quotes

“I care about the match. I don't care about, you know, other things. It's like if I'm not happy, it's okay. I want just to be happy, you know. If I'm not happy, fine. Have it, you know.”
“I am my own cheerleader. I am the one who puts my goals, who pushes myself to get to the next goal. I don't have someone next to me saying, 'Here you go, now do this, it's your next step, go for it.'”
“Today, the average family has enough financial reserves to keep going for about three weeks. That's it.”

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“If you have a student who graduates from college and they don't have a job, they are now able to stay on their family health plan.”
“[W]ithout humour you cannot run a sweetie-shop, let alone a nation.”

Source : John Buchan (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Buchan (Illustrated)”, p.3978, Delphi Classics
“Women, as mothers of the earth, deserve the utmost respect.”
“John Wick is a rousing action thriller of the sort rarely encountered in theaters these days.”
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”

Source : Jane Austen (2008). “Emma: By Jane Austen”, p.343, MobileReference

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