Quotes about Tolerant

The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way. Votes: 3

I really admire people who are extraordinarily tolerant and patient. Votes: 2

And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups. Votes: 2

Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there. Votes: 2

The politically correct crowd is tolerant of all viewpoints, except those they disagree with. Votes: 2

I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries. Votes: 2

A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. Votes: 2

I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves. Votes: 2

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre. Votes: 2

The world wasn't a more tolerant place when I was a young man. Rather, they simply sidestepped all the issues. Votes: 2

I think we should all be tolerant of each other and embrace each others' strengths and differences and uniqueness and beauty. Votes: 2

Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, Jack always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away flies in the summer. Votes: 2

In the history of the prophetic biblical canon that starts with Genesis, the Koran is by far the most tolerant of the views of other religions. Votes: 2

I am conservative with a small 'c.' It's possible to be conservative in fiscal policy, and tolerant on moral issues or questions of freedom of expression. Votes: 2

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. Votes: 2

One of the great things about Sydney is that it has a great acceptance of everyone and everything. It's an incredibly tolerant city, a city with a huge multicultural basis. Votes: 2

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. Votes: 2

I have a reputation worldwide of being tolerant of all people and their views. I'm too well-educated to criticize a certain religion or group of people for what they believe in. It's called freedom. Votes: 2

We are being challenged by Islam these years. There are some things for which one should display no tolerance. And when we are tolerant, we must know whether it is because of convenience or conviction. Votes: 2

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. Votes: 2

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. Votes: 2

If you are an open-minded and tolerant Muslim, you have enough knowledge to question the moves of a Christian governor or even the Ku Klux Klan. They called themselves a Christian organization, but how is that possible since Jesus didn't do that? Votes: 2

The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young. Votes: 2

There are certain characteristics that define a good chimp mother. She is patient, she is protective but she is not over-protective - that is really important. She is tolerant, but she can impose discipline. She is affectionate. She plays. And the most important of all: she is supportive. Votes: 2

The joy of hate reflects people who get off pretending to hate something, or hate you, in order to score political points. I call them the 'tolerati' - you know, a group of people who claim to be tolerant, except when they run into someone who disagrees with them. Votes: 2

I know now that there are men out there who are, for me, the whole package, who are supportive of my successes because they know I will be just as supportive of theirs. I'm less tolerant of foolishness now; I know that it's important I not tie myself up with the wrong person, because then I will miss the right person coming along. Votes: 2

I am mean; I'm nasty at times. I don't feel like talking to people at times. When I am in a bad mood and have had a really awful day, don't come in my face because I am not tolerant and I am not a goddess; I can't handle it after a point. I am going to get up, and I am going to scream, and I am going to say bad things to you. Votes: 2

Britain is an open and tolerant country. Votes: 0

Books are the most tolerant of friends. Votes: 0

The best religion is the most tolerant. Votes: 0

Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself. Votes: 0

Trust is transcendent, resolute, universal, sacred and tolerant. Votes: 0

Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance. Votes: 0

Love is serious and tolerant. Magnificent and noble. Votes: 0

Anyone can be tolerant of those who are tolerant. Votes: 0

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. Votes: 0

I really admire people who are extraordinarily tolerant and patient Votes: 0

My mother was a regular church-goer and was very tolerant. Votes: 0

Let us not become so tolerant that we tolerate intolerance. Votes: 0

God is tolerant in that He asks everyone to repent. Votes: 0

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance Votes: 0

It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated. Votes: 0

We need tolerant men. We must all give in a little. Votes: 0

The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence. Votes: 0

Certainly my parents were Dr. [Benjamin] Spock-driven parents. So they were tolerant. Votes: 0

In places where men are used to differences they inevitably become tolerant. Votes: 0

The English are probably the most tolerant, least religious people on earth. Votes: 0

...what a surprise (we all know how tolerant the tolerant are)-... Votes: 0

Ploutos , no wonder mortals worship you: You are so tolerant of their sins ! Votes: 0

As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance Votes: 0

Consider semn de noblete capacitatea de a vorbi respectuos si tolerant despre adversar." Votes: 0

I'm a very tolerant man, except when it comes to holding a grudge. Votes: 0

Our country is the most generous, open, tolerant, and democratic in the world. Votes: 0

We are much too tolerant of the moral aberration of statesmen and bureaucrats. Votes: 0

To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness. Votes: 0

The tolerant liberal suddenly becomes very intolerant when their official religion is challenged. Votes: 0

I really don't have a problem with gay marriage... because I'm tolerant and rational. Votes: 0

The eleventh commandment: Thou shalt be tolerant of all paths that lead to God. Votes: 0

Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others. Votes: 0

Be involved; be informed. Try to be understanding and tolerant and to appreciate diversity. Votes: 0

Kinsey's quest was really for us all to be tolerant and accepting of each other. Votes: 0

It takes a good many years and some pretty hard knocks to make people tolerant. Votes: 0

In business, as in politics, the public is ever so tolerant of those who slime. Votes: 0

My wife, Edith, and I both have good health - and she's been very tolerant. Votes: 0

It's not enough to be tolerant...now we're finally moving towards the idea of acceptance. Votes: 0

A funny thing about tolerant people? They're really only tolerant when you agree with them. Votes: 0

True freedom is tolerant. It gives people the right to live and think in new ways. Votes: 0

It is better to be passionate than to be tolerant at the expense of one's soul. Votes: 0

I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became. Votes: 0

And when we are tolerant, we must know whether it is because of convenience or conviction, Votes: 0

I crave for knowledge. I envy tolerant, peaceful folks. I am frightened by ignorance. I loathe violence. Votes: 0

Life is never easy to anyone.Everyone has a challenge to overcome.Be kind, tolerant, and compassionate. Votes: 0

The result of becoming tolerant towards sin is that we become intolerant towards God and His Word. Votes: 0

In fact, people have been very complimentary about my act and very tolerant of my singing ability. Votes: 0

All guys are jerks but they get hotter with age and we learn to be more tolerant. Votes: 0

I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant. Votes: 0

Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just. Votes: 0

I am he / Who champions total liberty - / Intolerance being, ma'am, a state / No tolerant man can tolerate. Votes: 0

Let us be cautious in making assertions and critical in examining them, but tolerant in permitting linguistic forms. Votes: 0

Understanding is the assassin of bigotry, and lays a strong foundation upon which to build a tolerant society. Votes: 0

Be more tolerant of the difficult people. They're the creative ones. They're not happy with the status quo. Votes: 0

To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgment of others. Votes: 0

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society Votes: 0

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society. Votes: 0

It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own. Votes: 0

GMO herbicide-tolerant crops have led to a 527 million pound increase in herbicide use in the U.S. between 1996 and 2011. Votes: 0

My wife is the sweetest, most tolerant, most beautiful woman in the world. This is a paid political announcement. Votes: 0

All nations are more tolerant of their own mistakes and weaknesses than of the mistakes and weaknesses of others. Votes: 0

If you believe in yourself, if you are without fear, you will also be tolerant, non-aggressive and find love. Votes: 0

All I require of a religion is that it be tolerant of those who do not agree with it. Votes: 0

You also want people who are maniacally determined and that is slightly different than having a risk tolerant attitude. Votes: 0

Men are egotists, and not all tolerant of one man's selfhood; they do not always deem the amities elective. Votes: 0

Be tolerant. Behold the unity of all faiths, cults, creeds and religions. Respect the views, opinions and sentiments of all. Votes: 0

She was never neutral, but she could be tolerant, although it was hard work - never a tolerance of indifference. Votes: 0

The driving force of a nation lies in its spiritual purpose, made effective by free, tolerant but unremitting national will. Votes: 0

The bourgeois ... is tolerant. His love for people as they are stems from his hatred of what they might be. Votes: 0

It is the evil that lies in ourselves that is ever least tolerant of the evil that dwells within others. Votes: 0

By activating an expansive, tolerant, and creative mindset, positive feelings maximize the social, intellectual, and physical benefits that will accrue. Votes: 0

The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected. Votes: 0

Public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law. Votes: 0

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others. Votes: 0

This country wants to live in the illusion that it is tolerant but also wants to be able to practice intolerance. Votes: 0

Everything in the country, animate and inanimate, seems to whisper, be serene, be kind, be happy. We grow tolerant there unconsciously. Votes: 0

Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'? Votes: 0

It seems that our brave new world is becoming less tolerant, spiritual and educated than it ever was when I was young. Votes: 0

If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment. Votes: 0

I'm tolerant of all religions... I don't care if someone wants to go out there and worship the bark on a tree. Votes: 0

...the more a person becomes spiritually minded or advances towards God, the more tolerant he becomes and the less differentiation he sees. Votes: 0

You become more tolerant when you become older. You're not interested in rapping people over the knuckles; you're interested in understanding them. Votes: 0

The way to real growth is not to become more powerful or more famous, but to become more human and more tolerant. Votes: 0

This is a very connected, tolerant, creative generation, but a lot of them feel really constrained because they've got this big debt. Votes: 0

society ... is tolerant of crimes, and long suffering with dullness, but it shows no mercy to those who are different from other people. Votes: 0

Tolerance is understanding. It is open to new light. Those who are tolerant are always eager to explore viewpoints other than their own. Votes: 0

It will be found, as men grow more tolerant in their instincts, that many uniformities now insisted upon are useless and even harmful. Votes: 0

If people but knew their own religion, how tolerant they would become, and how free from any grudge against the religion of others. Votes: 0

If your corn has a herbicide-tolerant gene, it means you can pray your herbicides and kill the weeds; you won't kill your corn. Votes: 0

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy. Votes: 0

A gazelle runs faster than us; cockroaches are remarkably tolerant of radiation; every being has some superiority; in remembering this, be very humble! Votes: 0

Too much has been said of the heroes of history-the strong men, the troublesome men; too little of the amiable, the kindly, the tolerant. Votes: 0

The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all. Votes: 0

I was very driven to act from a very young age, and my parents were not only tolerant of that drive but also encouraging. Votes: 0

I do believe in the sanctity of marriage. ...But I don't see that as conflict with being a tolerant person or an understanding person. Votes: 0

Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return Votes: 0

The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view. Votes: 0

But the fact that I had learnt to be tolerant to other religions did not mean that I had any living faith in God. Votes: 0

As a mother, I always have something better to be doing. I love work still, but I'm less tolerant of my time being wasted. Votes: 0

I think 'growing up' would mean that you are incredibly tolerant and easygoing, liked everything, curious about the world because you weren't so egotistically driven. Votes: 0

The audience is astonishingly friendly and tolerant of even the slightest dab, but is limited in its willingness to look either deeply or at length. Votes: 0

If our country is to reach a workable solution to the abortion issue, the Democratic party must be open to and tolerant of opposing views. Votes: 0

I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans. Votes: 0

Realizing that people should lie when they do makes me a little more open-minded, a little more tolerant, when my child or my partner lies. Votes: 0

The United States government approaches patient choice in medication as Singapore does free speech: its pronouncements sound reasonable and tolerant until you threaten its prerogatives. Votes: 0

One of the things I've learned by working on the 'Walking Dead' and other TV shows is to be more tolerant of other people's process. Votes: 0

The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength. Votes: 0

If we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. Votes: 0

Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words. Votes: 0

To suggest that a person's strongly held religious view is less tolerant than a strongly held antireligious view is morally, intellectually, and politically inconsistent and incorrect. Votes: 0

Because the Lord loves us He chastens and rebukes us. Modern sentimentality has reduced God to a tolerant indulgent grandfatherly being who winks at our transgressions. Votes: 0

The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant, in this field as in all others. His culture is based on 'I am not too sure'. Votes: 0

People who are overweight face discrimination. African-Americans face discrimination. Women face discrimination and sexism. So I don't have the luxury of not being tolerant of anyone. Votes: 0

Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess. Votes: 0

Gigi is my perfect partner. She's my best friend. She's the most fun of anyone I know, and she's also the kindest and most tolerant person. Votes: 0

For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone. Votes: 0

I feel like sometimes we have to be a little less inclusive and tolerant if other people's opinions could lead to the destruction of our species. Votes: 0

I'm tolerant of believers, but I'm agnostic. I'm curious to see how scientists will integrate the near-death experience into their research and if it will be explained. Votes: 0

We're willing to move pretty far on this issue, we're much more tolerant than we used to be, but don't mix it up with religion and God. Votes: 0

I used to wash up the dishes as C3PO. And it's very hard to put cups away when this joint doesn't bend! Mum was very tolerant... Votes: 0

The Roman Empire was fairly tolerant of religious choice as long as you made a point not of thumbing your nose in public at the Roman gods. Votes: 0

I want to see an open and tolerant society here in the United Kingdom, I want to see a country that works for everyone whatever their background. Votes: 0

Be kind, be decent, be generous, be tolerant, compassionate, and understanding. Be fast to praise, slow to judge. Remember, we're all human, and don't cast the first stone. Votes: 0

Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one's belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one's right to believe, and obey, his own conscience. Votes: 0

Religions all have different names, but they all contain the same truths. ... I think the people of our religion should be tolerant and understand people believe different things. Votes: 0

Hawaii is a special place because we have a very diverse population there, who are very respectful and tolerant of those who have differing opinions and different views. Votes: 0

It did not come naturally; in fact, it would be difficult to conceive of any more dogmatic and less tolerant people than the first settlers on New England shores. Votes: 0

If we really love and cherish Taiwan, we should hold our hands in unity to protect our country and our democratic values with the most humble and tolerant hearts. Votes: 0

If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference. Votes: 0

Eagles are very tolerant and very adaptable, but they have to get established first. When birds are setting up their breeding territory, they are the most susceptible to being discouraged. Votes: 0

Choose to be good and kind and tolerant regardless of the situation or who's involved, because life is more a matter of developing character than of dishing out just rewards. Votes: 0

I was raised with this idea that we're supposed to be tolerant of other people's opinions, but then what happens if other people's opinions are racist and hateful and wrong? Votes: 0

There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are more tolerant of this approach. Votes: 0

I actually came to New York because it was very tolerant. You know, it seems preposterous, ludicrous thing to say in an interview, but I came for the anonymity particularly. Votes: 0

There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are more tolerant of this approach. Votes: 0

I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form. Votes: 0

The more people you know from different backgrounds, the more tolerant you feel of different ways of living, and the closer you feel to the issues that those people have. Votes: 0

The left, unfortunately, participates in bullying more than the right does. They say they're tolerant, and they're anything but tolerant of people who disagree with them and support traditional values. Votes: 0

If heaven is tolerant and writers are allowed (bunch of liars though they are), I wonder if they gather for coffee to ponder the prose they should have written instead. Votes: 0

We anticipate a time when the love of truth shall have come up to our love of liberty, and men shall be cordially tolerant and earnest believers both at once. Votes: 0

If being tolerant of differing opinions, if believing that America has to make it as a pluralistic nation, if being civil, if that makes you a liberal, I plead guilty. Votes: 0

I identify with my culture, but I am happy to be living on a tolerant, intellectual island where I can deal with Dostoyevsky and Sartre, both great influences for me. Votes: 0

Black children, white children, Latino children. America is becoming more diverse, it's becoming more tolerant as a consequence there's more interactions between groups. There are going be tensions that arise. Votes: 0

If it doesn't happen, the continuing oppression will be met by more resistance from a less tolerant populace which wants a democratic restoration. And that resistance will only invite further oppression. Votes: 0

We are wrong to fear superiority of mind and soul; this superiority is very moral, for understanding everything makes a person tolerant and the capacity to feel deeply inspires great goodness. Votes: 0

I'm suggesting that, ironically, the secret to becoming a world 'hyperpower' is tolerance. If you look at history, you see great powers being very tolerant in their rise to global dominance. Votes: 0

Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict. Votes: 0

Holland is a fairly small country, and in a weird way, somewhat conservative. That might surprise people because it is a very tolerant place, but it's also a somewhat Calvinist country. Votes: 0

I learnt from Flo how to be mother. Flo was patient, tolerant. She was supportive. She was always there. She was playful. She enjoyed having her babies, as good mothers do. Votes: 0

A common religion is not possible for India, but a recognition of a common basis for all religions, and the growth of a liberal, tolerant spirit in religious matters, are possible. Votes: 0

We don't believe in a small America. We believe in a big America -- a tolerant America, a just America, an equal America -- that values the service of every patriot. Votes: 0

Baum (Writer of THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ) was a true educator, and those who read his Oz books are often made what they were not-imaginative , tolerant, alert to wonders, life. Votes: 0

The disasters of the world are due to its inhabitants not being able to grow old simultaneously. There is always a raw and intolerant nation eager to destroy the tolerant and mellow. Votes: 0

I think if two people love each other, then what the hell? I think that everyone should have the chance to be equally miserable, if they want. It's the new tolerant me! Votes: 0

Or maybe they were just doing it for fun. A lark. Their religion is tolerant of extreme forms of recreation. Boys will be boys, after all, and sociopathic boys will be sociopathic. Votes: 0

I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others. Votes: 0

If our goal is to be tolerant of people who are different than we are, then we really are aiming quite low. Traffic jams are to be tolerated. People are to be celebrated. Votes: 0

Islam developed in opposition to orthodox Christianity from the very start, and it considers itself superior to Christianity. So far, it has only been tolerant in places where it is in the minority. Votes: 0

In this era of uncertainty and conflict, the United States - blessed with the world's strongest military, most ingenious economy, and most tolerant society - remains a model and leader to the world. Votes: 0

I will be a wise and tolerant monarch, dispencing justice fairly, and only setting nightmares to rip out the winds of the evil and the wicked. Or just anybody that I don't like. Votes: 0

It was then that I realized that while playing the well-meaning tolerant individual (in short: liberal) garnered you fans and grades, it didn't matter. In my heart and head, I was a fraud. Votes: 0

Love has been called the most effective motivational force in all the world. When love is at work in us, it is remarkable how giving and forgiving, understanding and tolerant we can be. Votes: 0

As a bandleader, I try to pass on the same family values that I grew up with: help people, hang on to your sense of humour, be tolerant, and keep your judgments to yourself. Votes: 0

We are one of the most tolerant societies in the world, and in order to stay tolerant, my party believes that we should stop being tolerant to the people who are intolerant to us. Votes: 0

If our goal is to be tolerant of people who are different than we are, Chase, then we really are aiming quite low. Traffic jams are to be tolerated. People are to be celebrated. Votes: 0

Curiously, directing my own films have made me more tolerant and patient. I've always been an extremely impatient actor. Waiting around drove me nuts. But now I'm much more sympathetic to a director's struggle. Votes: 0

Sometimes too much tolerance can kill you.If you are tolerant of people poisoning themselves to death they will drag you down. They will ruin your life by being intentional obstacles to your dreams. Votes: 0

A compass is narrow-minded-it always points to the magnetic north... We must discipline ourselves, personally, to fight any deviation from the course Jesus set for us. We cannot be tolerant of any other course. Votes: 0

My work has made me tolerant of memory mistakes by family and friends. You don't have to call them lies. I think we could be generous and say maybe this is a false memory. Votes: 0

There was a very serious communist strain among American intellectuals before the war. America was a more tolerant place in those days, and Communists were not treated as pariahs. That ended with the McCarthy era. Votes: 0

We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it has been a major force in shaping England into such a tolerant society. Votes: 0

My vision is to have an independent Kosovo, democratic, with a politically tolerant society and with a solid economy, integrated into the EU, the NATO and to continue with our good relations with the USA. Votes: 0

...if we are open and we prepare for promoting dialogue and love, and a better understanding of each other, and tolerance and so forth, that's what the world will become, a more tolerant, loving place. Votes: 0

Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don't think so. Don't condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand them. Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that. Votes: 0

If your corn has a herbicide-tolerant gene, it means you can spray your herbicides and kill the weeds; you won't kill your corn because it's producing a gene that makes it tolerant of the herbicide. Votes: 0

They who get off on tangents and ride hobby horses to death are they who become fanatic. Let them understand that they must be tolerant of others faults but never accept as justifiable their own. Votes: 0

When Minutemen leader Jim Gilchrist and his black colleague Marvin Stewart were invited by the College Republicans to speak at Columbia last year, the tolerant, free-speech-loving Columbia students violently attacked them, shutting down the speech. Votes: 0