TOLERANCE QUOTES A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. Paul Sweeney Anniversary, Love, Trust Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy. Liu Xiaobo Life, Wisdom, Death I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness. Christopher Hitchens Themselves, Learned What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature. Voltaire Nature, Each, Law Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. John F. Kennedy Others, Rather, Commitment Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence. Pervez Musharraf Peace, Islam, Violence In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. Dalai Lama Best, Teacher, Enemy The highest result of education is tolerance. Helen Keller Education, Result, Highest Love is not just tolerance. It's not just distant appreciation. It's a warm sense of, 'I am enjoying the fact that you are you.' N. T. Wright Love, Sense, Fact Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons. Jessica Lange Forgiveness, Acceptance We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity. Arlen Specter Simple, Humanity, Holy It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom. Dee Hock Leadership, Wisdom, Trust Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we're as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned. Octavia E. Butler Work, Peace, Progress Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Shari'a. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue. King Hussein I Life, Religion, Heart Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities. Alcee Hastings Peace, Respect, Together I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Great, Seen, Support I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching. E. O. Wilson Others, Deep, Christian Tolerance, openness to argument, openness to self-doubt, willingness to see other people's points of view - these are very liberal and enlightened values that people are right to hold, but we can't allow them to delude us to the point where we can't recognise people who are needlessly perpetrating human misery. Sam Harris Point, View, Hold I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community. Lady Gaga Love, Acceptance, Community Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself. Robert Green Ingersoll Giving, Claim Guerrilla leaders win wars by being paranoid and ruthless. Once they take power, they are expected to abandon those qualities and embrace opposite ones: tolerance, compromise and humility. Almost none manages to do so. Stephen Kinzer Power, Almost, Win When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee. Helen Hayes Travel, Morning, Patience Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical. Hedy Lamarr Words, Took, Magic Tolerance is another word for indifference. W. Somerset Maugham Word Liberal democracy - as you know, in the old days, we were saying we want socialism with a human face. Today's left effectively offers global capitalism with a human face, more tolerance, more rights and so on. So the question is, is this enough or not? Here I remain a Marxist: I think not. Slavoj Zizek Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/tolerance.html#vYQJvAfjgfTu2eue.99 I believe Britishness is defined not on ethnic and exclusive grounds but through shared values; our history of tolerance, openness and internationalism; and our commitment to democracy and liberty, to civic duty and the public space. David Blunkett History, Public, Democracy Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because the broker was someone with a much higher tolerance for risk than the banker. Ron Chernow Money, Rather, House Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun Political, Hatred, Legislate I have a low tolerance for people who complain about things but never do anything to change them. This led me to conclude that the single largest pool of untapped natural resources in this world is human good intentions that are never translated into actions. Cindy Gallop Change, Good, Single Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith - even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity. Karen Armstrong Faith, Against, Since Guided by nothing but pop culture values, many children no longer learn how to think about morality and virtue, or to think of them at all. They grow up with no shared moral framework, believing that the highest values are diversity, tolerance and non-judgmentalism. Gary Bauer Learn, Culture, Grow It's not so much what you learn about Mumbai, it's what you learn about yourself, really. It's a funny old hippie thing, but it's true as well. You find out a lot about yourself and your tolerance, and about your inclusiveness. Danny Boyle Funny, True, Learn Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance. Kim Campbell Equality, Justice, Canada I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation. Coretta Scott King Freedom, Rights, Based While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive. Sam Harris War, Fear, Ideas Certainly I'm a Christian first and foremost. But I do believe in religious tolerance and finding the commonality between all of us. I think that's how we're all going to come together. Dennis Quaid Together, Christian Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men. Voltaire Men, Until, Christian I have never written that there is a threat of fascism in America. I always considered the idea overwrought. But now I believe there really is such a threat - and it will come draped not in an American flag, but in the name of tolerance and health. Dennis Prager Health, Name, Written Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else. Walter Koenig Religion, Freedom, Name Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed. Cee Lo Green Patience, Acceptance We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11, 2001. Michael Bloomberg Life, Respect, Living The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance. E. M. Forster Love, Cannot, Fact The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. Ralph W. Sockman Courage, Test, Majority We in the United States should be all the more thankful for the freedom and religious tolerance we enjoy. And we should always remember the lessons learned from the Holocaust, in hopes we stay vigilant against such inhumanity now and in the future. Charlie Dent Future, Freedom, Thankful Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness. James Goldsmith Virtue, Apathy, Weakness Years ago, it was pretty hard to get people to empathize even a little bit with scaly, cold-blooded critters; now, thanks a lot to good PR from television, it is easier to get the message of reptile conservation and tolerance across. We have a lot to be thankful to reptiles for, not the least of which is their control of rodents. Romulus Whitaker Good, Thankful, Pretty Globalisation has obliterated distance, not just physically but also, most dangerously, mentally. It creates the illusion of intimacy when, in fact, the mental distances have changed little. It has concertinaed the world without engendering the necessary respect, recognition and tolerance that must accompany it. Martin Jacques Respect, Fact, Necessary Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions. Gilbert K. Chesterton Virtue I have a zero tolerance for sanctimonious morons who try to scare people. Pat Robertson Zero, Scare, Morons Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things. E. M. Forster Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/tolerance_2.html#i I think it's important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance. Kristin Chenoweth Love, Remember, Acceptance For the Left, tolerance does not mean tolerance. It means first, acceptance. And second, celebration. That is totalitarianism: You not only have to live with what you may differ with, dear citizen, you have to celebrate it or pay a steep price. Dennis Prager Mean, Means, Left Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant. Sidney Hook Cannot, Itself, Limits More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion. Alexander Chase Religion, Care, Religious I think we have to understand that when tolerance becomes a one-way street, it will lead to cultural suicide. We should not allow the Muslim Brotherhood or associated groups to be influencing our national security strategy. Allen West Understand, Security The focus of tolerance education is to deal with the concept of equality and fairness. We need to establish confidence with children that there is more goodness than horror in this world. Morris Dees Education, Equality, Focus America's commitment to religious freedom and tolerance should not be conditional. Mark McKinnon Freedom, Religious I suggest we bring some normality back to this country and say if you are carrying a knife, there must be zero tolerance. If it was up to me, everyone caught with a knife would get an automatic ten year sentence. Simon Cowell Year, Bring, Ten I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day. Mel Gibson Successful, Learn, Almost Genghis Khan decreed religious tolerance for all of his conquered peoples. So I think he definitely would approve of our constitutional protections of freedom of religion. I think he would also approve of the way the U.S. has been able to attract talented people from all over the world. Amy Chua Religion, Freedom, Khan America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. Barack Obama Justice, Islam, Progress And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things. Martin Scorsese Looking, Kindness, Older The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision. George Eliot Vision, Lies, Wider Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business. Malcolm Forbes Business, Politics, Few I think more tolerance, more people having more access to a chance to be literate, and a chance to stay healthy makes for a more peaceful planet. Henry Rollins Chance, Stay, Healthy The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your fife, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there's nothing really to talk about. Clint Eastwood Dating, Talk, Less Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe. Virginia Woolf Heart, Rest, Room You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance. W. Somerset Maugham Humor, Angry, Laugh Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. Agnes Repplier Humor, Irony, Less I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance. Stephen Fry Truth, Freedom, Language Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.' Penn Jillette Nice, Crazy, Saying Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music. Bruce Springsteen Music, Acceptance, Certainly Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace. Salman Rushdie Peace, Related, Sibling Tolerance - the function of an extinguished ardor - tolerance cannot seduce the young. Emile M. Cioran Cannot, Function, Seduce As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We're almost afraid to be happy. We feel like it's inviting disaster. Brene Brown Happy, Greatest, Almost Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/tolerance_3.html#QsoFB2ITRCfeKcXO.99 It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling. Pierre Bayle Peace, Source, Thus It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom. Quentin Crisp Freedom, Simple, Result In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything. Pat Robertson Word, Europe, Tolerate If you've ever found yourself pushed to the limits of your tolerance... you find yourself doing some things that, from the outside, can be seen as quite insane. Brandon Lee Found, Quite, Seen Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more than they expect. Scott Hamilton Effort, Expect, Complete My tolerance for crazy people is, I think, high a tolerance as you're ever going to find. I love being around David Allen Coe. I would have loved to hang out with Tiny Tim. I can listen to Sun Ra on a tape-recording rant. Penn Jillette Love, Crazy, High Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable. Phyllis McGinley Call, Wearing, Views Increasingly, people have very little tolerance for anything that smacks of propaganda. Rebecca MacKinnon Propaganda, Smacks Without tolerance, our world turns into hell. Friedrich Durrenmatt Hell, Turns You don't see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can't play the game. I can't - my tolerance - I know I'm getting old; I'll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I'm getting old? 'Cause my tolerance level is low. Bernie Mac Home, Game, Year The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead. Milan Kundera Wisdom, Attitude, Question Tolerance is the price we pay for living in a free, pluralistic society. Robert Casey Society, Living, Free What you do, is you gradually become more and more experienced, and more and more realistic about dramatic tolerance, i.e. about how long the play should be. Ridley Scott Realistic, Dramatic One of the most heartening phenomena in today's Britain is the great diversity of the modern nerd - the nerd is out and proud, and while she may love 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' merchandise more than is strictly warranted, she is in every way to be cherished as an exemplar of cosmopolitanism and tolerance. Will Self Love, Great, Today Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another. Yahya Jammeh Peace, Freedom, High Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves. Tariq Ramadan Life, Ourselves, Seem If we are addressing the issue of weapons of mass destruction, we need to send a uniform, consistent message that there is zero tolerance to any country who is developing weapons of mass destruction, North Korea included. Mohamed ElBaradei Issue, Message, Weapons Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization. Arthur Keith Necessary, Condition, Held A man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength... Romance also helps. Carolina Herrera Strength, Mystery, Romance No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance. Giacomo Leopardi Life, Less, Gets I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis. Leslie Fiedler Cool, Admit, Low For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men. Albert Claude Faith, Trust, Men I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles. Geoff Hoon Future, Freedom, Equality In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order. Kamisese Mara Peace, Trust, Society I can't remember who it was who advocated that you should march with the left and dine with the right but I've often concurred, taking the view that I personify the great tolerance of Britain by consenting to being regally entertained. Besides, there is a degree of truth in the view that while the left are worthier, the right are wittier. Will Self Great, Truth, Remember Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/tolerance_4.html#9Ec5jr3ESBSDqsZR.99 We can practice tolerance while still holding true to cultural values that protect the institution of marriage as a union between only a man and a woman. Ken Calvert Marriage, True, Woman My tolerance for tears is very little when you're beautiful and crying over nothing. Christine Teigen Beautiful, Tears, Crying I have no tolerance for boredom. I spend so many hours in the office, and I still love it. Francisco Costa Love, Spend, Office I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy. Frank Knox Today, True, Progress According to the people who dearly would love to throw him out of office, Barack Obama was elected to be 'above politics.' He wasn't elected to be president, after all. He was elected as an avatar of American tolerance. His attempts to get himself reelected imply a certain, well, ingratitude. Charlie Pierce Love, Politics, Certain For me, Islam is a moral reference point, a source of inspiration to work collectively with people, to love people and to help them, to concentrate on universal values of mercy, co-operation and tolerance. Wadah Khanfar Love, Work, Help 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 Love, Risk, Expect At Linfox we have zero tolerance. If any alcohol or drugs are found in any drivers' blood, they are instantly dismissed. Lindsay Fox Found, Blood, Alcohol I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it. Suzy Amis Words, Students, Diversity Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time. David Eagleman Time, Scientific, Holding Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it's more of a cerebral ascent. Krista Tippett Lived, Virtue, Cerebral As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with my writing. If I get bored writing something, I pity the people who will then try to read it. John Scalzi Short, Attention, Bored I have a very high tolerance for gore and blood. I am, like, the perfect horror movie viewer because I do not get scared very easily. I can really stomach anything so, as a result, I have watched a lot of really disgusting stuff that I should probably never have seen. Tania Raymonde High, Stuff, Perfect A lot of my friends are gay, and certainly I have no tolerance for anyone who has any sort of ignorance or restriction on people's lives or love lives. Sasha Roiz Love, Friends, Lives Britons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism. Linda Chavez Themselves, Given, Seem Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace. Eddie Bernice Johnson Peace, Anger, Respect If you want to see what stage comedians did to get laffs a century ago, watch the 1910 'Wizard of Oz.' I hope you have a high tolerance for pratfalls. Kage Baker Hope, High, Watch As Commander of the Faithful, it is out of the question that I fight Islam. We need to fight violence and ignorance. It is true, when one strolls out, one sees women with scarves and men with beards. This has always been the case in Morocco. Morocco is built on tolerance. Mohammed VI of Morocco Women, Men, True We need to fight violence and ignorance. It is true: when one strolls out, one sees women with scarves and men with beards. This has always been the case in Morocco. Morocco is built on tolerance. Mohammed VI of Morocco Women, Men, True Now, I think that in acknowledging that every individual Member of Parliament and indeed every individual member of the Labour Party, has rights to express their view in a spirit of tolerance. Ron Davies Spirit, Rights, Party Living here in North America - I have been Americanized. When I go back home now, there are things that I have far less tolerance for in South Africa. We've come such a long way in terms of race relations and the economy as well as people's willingness to move on. There are still a lot of things that are frustrating about being in South Africa. Kandyse McClure Home, Living, Here I learned to appreciate repetition. That's why I can dance. It's how I learned to act. I have a high tolerance for repetition. Channing Tatum High, Learned, Act Americans have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, religions, and races. It's a spirit of tolerance, now energized and amplified by the cult of multiculturalism. Ayaan Hirsi Ali Spirit, Religions, Races 'The ruckus' is different experiences you go through throughout your life which builds your ruckus points up - your tolerance. You've got to have a high tolerance for dealing with stuff all the time. J. B. Smoove Life, Time, High Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and tolerance. Women made up nearly half my class at university, and my senior academic adviser there was a woman. In Alexandria, my friends were Christians and Muslims. Ahmed Zewail Faith, Women, Friends Tolerance is the value that was selected to put on here, and tolerance is as American as apple pie. Jay Inslee Here, Value, Apple Censors can make a case for zero tolerance in language. They can make the argument that since we don't allow our children to use that language in schools, we also shouldn't give them stories in which it is used. Chris Crutcher Use, Since, Language The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx. Jose Serrano Today, Living, Value Queens is famous throughout the world for diversity and tolerance. But really it's what we have in common that makes our neighborhoods work, our students succeed, and our families able to care for children and grandparents as they can. Grace Meng Work, Famous, Care If a patient became sugar-free and blood sugar normal on a basal requirement diet, the caloric intake was gradually increased until sugar appeared in the urine. The tolerance was thus ascertained. Frederick Banting
