Quotes about Tolerance

I don't judge. I'm not God. We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.

If I want to be loved as I am, I have to be willing to love others as they are.

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate.

You will be at your best forever, Even now you have good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change your baby's diaper, forgive your boss's temper, tolerate your spouse's moodiness, you display traces of saintliness.

And if we never agree, can't we agree to disagree? If God can tolerate my mistakes, can't I tolerate the mistakes of others? If God can overlook my errors, can't I overlook the errors of others? If God allows me with my foibles and failures to call him Father, shouldn't I extend the same grace to others? One thing's for sure. When we get to heaven, we'll be surprised at some of the folks we see. And some of them will be surprised when they see us.

Don't characterize loners as aloof or crowd seekers as arrogant. They may be living out their story.

As I ate she began the first of what we later called "my lessons in living." She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors. She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit. That in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations.

Take a month and show some kindness for the folks who thought that blindness was an illness that affected eyes alone.

We turned other cheeks so often our heads seemed to revolve on the end of our necks, like old stop and go signs.

Today, God, help me practice the concept of acceptance in my life. Help me accept myself, others, and my circumstances. Take me one step further, and help me feel grateful.

Free others to be who they are. In so doing, you will set yourself free.

attraction to and tolerance for the bizarre, other-centeredness that results in abandonment of self