Quotes about Tolerance

Patience is simply a way of putting the other person first. Patience is an expression of submission.

As followers of Jesus, we should be known as people who like people who are nothing like us.

While Paul was a man of great faith, he was not a man of great patience or tolerance for those who opposed the gospel. But that was okay. God didn't choose him for his manners.

I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is.

I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycles, no goggles in the pool, just get it done. And so I grew up not only with discomfort about my own vulnerability, I didn't care for it in other people either.

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.

Fascist movements kill off their critics, literally or metaphorically, while democratic movements value, invite and even welcome criticism.

If you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you have differences, you can find common ground on a way forward.

That's something that the world needs to learn today: that you can disagree and still be friends.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

Philip Yancey was dead-on when he said that some Christians get very angry toward other Christians who sin differently than they do.79