Quotes about Tolerance
It might prove out to be," Athey said, "that if we can't live together we can't live at all. Did you ever think about that?
- Wendell Berry
No one of us ought to issue vetoes to the other, nor should we bandy words of abuse. We ought, on the contrary, delicately and profoundly to respect one another's mental freedom: then only shall we bring about the intellectual republic; then only shall we have that spirit of inner tolerance without which all our outer tolerance is soulless
- William James
No one of us ought to issue vetoes to the other, nor should we bandy words of abuse.
- William James
Love sticks around even when it has a lot to put up with.
- Chip Ingram
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
- Henry Ward Beecher
If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
What's amazing is that so many leaders who value teamwork will tolerate people who aren't humble. They reluctantly hire self-centred people and then justify it because those people have desired skills.
- Patrick Lencioni
No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do your own work.
- Mother Teresa
Always realize that even your strongest advocate and opponent is a part of the human family; albeit they may have small shortcomings and even strength in them, they are part of that human family.
- Bernice King
I am struck by how quickly I am prone to judgmentalism.
- John Ortberg
We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.
- Alice Walker
One misconception is that entrepreneurs love risk. Actually, we all want things to go as we expect. What you need is a blind optimism and a tolerance for uncertainty.
- Drew Houston