{"quotes":[{"text":"Either offend or represent, don’t be a spectator.","author":"Pradeepa Pandiyan","tags":["action","brave","decide","do","impact","join","make-an-impact","offend","participate","protest","represent","revolt","revolution","speak","spectator"],"id":2277,"author_id":"Pradeepa+Pandiyan"},{"text":"Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?","author":"Diogenes of Sinope","tags":["feelings","offend","offense","philosopher","philosophers","philosophy"],"id":27458,"author_id":"Diogenes+of+Sinope"},{"text":"The worst ever offence you can commit against your time is to think that “time spent making plans is time being wasted!” Leaders don’t think that way!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["cause-trouble","commit","food-for-thought","israelmore-ayivor","lead","lead-people","leaders","leadership","make-a-plan","manage-your-time","myles-munroe","offence","offend","offender","plan-your-life","plan-your-time","planning","preparation","prepare","time","time-management","time-wasted","trouble","troublesome","waste-time"],"id":76473,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"To become a better you, take note of what gets you offended quickly and never go there or let it come to you.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["anger","angry","better-you","food-for-thought","forgive","forgiveness","happy","hatred","israelmore-ayivor","note","notice","offence","offend","personal-development","quick-temper","success","take-note","temper","temperament"],"id":139642,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"It is impossible to be truly artistic without the risk of offending someone somewhere.","author":"Wayne Gerard Trotman","tags":["art","artistic","artistic-endeavor","artistic-expression","artistic-freedom","artistic-substance","offence","offend","offense","offensive","risk"],"id":187484,"author_id":"Wayne+Gerard+Trotman"},{"text":"Offence is like muddy soil; when trapped underfoot, it resists rapid progress. Don't trap offences under your mind, else you resist change! Jesus said 'Shake the soil off your sandals'! What are you waiting for? Shake it off!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["change","christ","feet","food-for-thought","foot","footwear","forgive","forgive-and-forget","israelmore-ayivor","jesus","jesus-christ","leg","mind","muddy","muddy-soil","offence","offences","offend","offended","progress","progressive","rapid","rapidly","resist","resistance","sandals","shake-off-the-dust","shake-off-the-soil","shoe","soil","think-positively","trap","under","underfoot","waiting"],"id":201343,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"We cannot choose who offends us, but we can choose how to respond when we are offended.","author":"Moffat Machingura","tags":["choice","choose","offend","offended","offense","respond","responsibility"],"id":301393,"author_id":"Moffat+Machingura"},{"text":"To know if someone can speak offensively or politely, don’t give him poem to recite; don’t give him a song to sing. Just engage him in an argument and you will know it for yourself who he is.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["argue","argument","engage","food-for-thought","impolite","israelmore-ayivor","leader","leaders","leadership","lifestyle","manner","offence","offend","offends","offensive","personal-branding","personal-development","poem","public-speaking","recite","rude","sing","song","talk-politely","tongue"],"id":323840,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"This is almost always the case: A piece of art receives its f(r)ame when found offensive.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["art","artist","clever","controversy","discomfort","disturbing","drawing","fame","frame","grandstanding","honesty","image","importance","lyrics","music","offend","offensive","painting","photo","photography","picture","platform","poetry","portrait","power","rhyming","shock","songwriting","witty","wordplay","wordsmith"],"id":331349,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"The people who care about you may not tell you your blind spots fearing to offend/hurt you. Open up and ask their feedback and get enlightened.","author":"Assegid Habtewold","tags":["blind-spots","care","feedback","hurt","offend"],"id":384617,"author_id":"Assegid+Habtewold"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":14,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}