Tolerance Quotes

To tolerate is to insult.

— Bruce Lee

“The warrior must never get angry in war.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

— W. Somerset Maugham

People's intolerance, I find puzzling.

— Jane Goldman

Anyone can be tolerant of those who are tolerant.

— Terry Eagleton

Always have tolerance for ignorance

— Raghib Clitso

“Medicine doesn't require faith test.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Tolerance is the assumption of superiority

— Wendell Willkie

“It's about religious acceptance, it's no longer about religious tolerance.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Tolerance is often championed by people who nothing to stand for.

— Woodrow M. Kroll

“One of the biggest lessons of endurance running is tolerance.”

— Sumedha Mahajan

The reward of tolerance is the presence of peace of mind.

— Ky Vanchhay

The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others.

— Josh Billings

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest.

— Frank Moore Colby

“I’ve matured. I have a much higher tolerance for boredom.”

— Tom Perrotta

We can tolerate our true enemies, but not the back stabbers and betrayers.

— Sanji Paul Arvind

We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.

— Ruby Bridges

We turn now over the debate of the proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero…The controversy has raised profound questions about…

— Christiane Amanpour

Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of…

— Walter Lippmann

I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief…

— Barbara Jordan

We all have our levels of risk tolerance. People who have decided they want to go to space are going to go.

— Jim Cantrell

There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires

— Nelson Mandela

Somehow forgiveness, with love and tolerance, accomplishes miracles that can happen in no other way.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Americans have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, religions, and races. It's a spirit of tolerance, now energized and amplified by the…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Liberal democracy - as you know, in the old days, we were saying we want socialism with a human face. Today's left…

— Slavoj Zizek

The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human…

— Aga Khan IV

As with all great teachers, his curriculum was an insignificant part of what he communicated. From him you didn't learn a subject,…

— William Alexander Percy

Tolerance sounds like a virtue, and at times it may be. [But should] a parent be tolerant of behavior that is harming…

— Dave Hunt

The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your fife, your…

— Clint Eastwood

Hello Angel,'Michael rumbled, and leaned over to give the woman a kiss on the cheek. She accepted it with all the loving…

— Jim Butcher

A tolerant society is one in which we criminalise an activity only as a last resort. Toleration is not just about allowing…

— John Gummer

Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in…

— Barbra Streisand

“At the heart of every flourishing democracy is the unyielding commitment to free speech. It is the beacon that illuminates the path…

— James William Steven Parker

Everyone should avoid familiarity or friendship with anyone suspected of belonging to masonry or to affiliated groups. Know them by their fruits…

— Pope Leo XIII

“We chose too small a word in the decade of my birth—tolerance—to make the world we want to live in now. We…

— Krista Tippett

I grew up with a sense of tolerance. I don't know that there was any talk about gender differences. It was respect…

— David C. Driskell

The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance. Tolerance is an important virtue of bodhisattvas [enlightened heroes…

— Dalai Lama

“And there are many people, both Moslem and Christian, who have a good grasp of each others0 conceptions of surrender to God…

— Idries Shah

For a decade Americans have been steeped in the rhetoric of "zero tolerance" and the faith that virtually all problems from drug…

— Ellen Willis

“We are to allow one thing to be really and truly distinct from the other, to be its own genuine self. There…

— Arnold Albert van Ruler