"When someone gives you offense, it doesn't..." - Quote by Joyce Meyer
When someone gives you offense, it doesn't mean you have to take it.
More by Joyce Meyer
“Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you're not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!”
“Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.”
“Do what's right, first. Don't sit around and wait for someone else to do the right thing first.”
More on Control
“I do something about the weather. I stay home.”
“Under the specious pretext of effecting 'the happiness of the whole community,' nearly all the wrongs and intrusions of government has been carried through.”
“Keep in mind, the news media are not independent; they are a sort of bulletin board and public relations firm for the ruling class-the people who run things. Those who decide what news you will or will not hear are paid by, and tolerated purely at the whim of, those who hold economic power. If the parent corporation doesn't want you to know something, it won't be on the news. Period. Or, at the very least, it will be slanted to suit them, and then rarely followed up.”
More on Response
“It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.”
“Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.”
“By learning to accept the small things immediately as they happen, you can be free of having to react to things at all. You still can respond when action is needed, but you can be free, internally, of events.”