Quotes about Tolerance
It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
— Tertullian
[Religious liberty was] in its nature an inalienable right ... because the opinions of men, depending only upon the evidence contemplated by their minds, cannot follow the dictates of other men.
— James Madison
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
— Malcolm X
What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
— Francis de Sales
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
— Barbara Johnson
The disciples of a patient Saviour should be patient themselves.
— Charles Spurgeon
Tolerance is an attitude of reasoned patience toward evil... a forbearance that restrains us from showing anger or inflicting punishment. Tolerance applies only to persons... never to truth.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
— Marcus Aurelius
Patience is a noble virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its reward.
— George Washington
For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.
— Samuel Johnson
Patience means self-suffering.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Let things alone; let them weigh what they will; let them soar or fall.
— Henry David Thoreau