Quotes about Tolerance
she took her husband's jokes and joviality as patiently as everything else, considering that men would be so, and viewing the stronger sex in the light of animals whom it had pleased Heaven to make naturally troublesome, like bulls and turkey-cocks.
— George Eliot
It would be very petty of us who are well and can bear things, to think much of small offences from those who carry a weight of trial.
— George Eliot
In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
— Audre Lorde
Husbands, be patient with your wives; and wives, be patient with your husbands. Don't expect perfection. Find agreeable ways to work out the differences that arise.
— Joseph Wirthlin
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
— Maya Angelou
Throughout my ministry, I have sought to build bridges between Jews and Christians.
— Billy Graham
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
— St. Augustine
Hear the other side.
— St. Augustine
Hear the other side. (Audi Partem Alteram)
— St. Augustine
Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
— Francis de Sales
I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.
— Samuel Johnson
One of the greatest disasters of our time is our universal acceptance of the word "tolerance" as a great virtue.
— Zig Ziglar