Quotes about Tolerance
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
- John F. Kennedy
Give love and unconditional acceptance to those you encounter, and notice what happens.
- Wayne Dyer
You will never change what you tolerate.
- Joel Osteen
Instead of judging people, we need to pray.
- Joyce Meyer
Judge not, before you judge yourself. Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment. The Road of life is rocky and you may stumble too, so while you talk about me, someone else is judging you.
- Bob Marley
It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
- Tertullian
[Religious liberty was] in its nature an inalienable right ... because the opinions of men, depending only upon the evidence contemplated by their minds, cannot follow the dictates of other men.
- James Madison
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
- Malcolm X
What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
- Francis de Sales
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
- Barbara Johnson
The disciples of a patient Saviour should be patient themselves.
- Charles Spurgeon
Tolerance is an attitude of reasoned patience toward evil... a forbearance that restrains us from showing anger or inflicting punishment. Tolerance applies only to persons... never to truth.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen