Top 285 Tolerance Quotes

In this post, you will find great Tolerance Quotes from famous people, such as Jerry Jones, Frank Moore Colby, Ted Wheeler, Bennett Miller, Dennis Quaid. You can learn and implement many lessons from these quotes.

I probably should have had a little more tolerance with

I probably should have had a little more tolerance with Jimmy Johnson. Seriously.
Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.
Frank Moore Colby
Portland is an amazing and awe-inspiring city. It’s a city we cherish for its beauty. A city we love for its tolerance.
I have a tremendous amount of patience and tolerance when working with people, but if I ever feel the impulse to inhibit myself from doing one more take, or feel a need to apologize to someone for pushing, I know that that relationship isn’t gonna last.
Certainly I’m a Christian first and foremost. But I do believe in religious tolerance and finding the commonality between all of us. I think that’s how we’re all going to come together.
It was just normal for me growing up with a family member with severe Down Syndrome. It was completely normal. She was just Auntie Linda. I loved her and she loved me. She had a spirit that was just positive. For me it taught me tolerance and acceptance of all human beings.
Daniel Lissing
There is an inherent tolerance and kindness in the state school teenagers I know.
Rejection is a common occurrence. Learning that early and often will help you build up the tolerance and resistance to keep going and keep trying.
The focus of tolerance education is to deal with the concept of equality and fairness. We need to establish confidence with children that there is more goodness than horror in this world.
Morris Dees
Tolerance is forced on people in London.
That’s what sociopaths do: they co-opt others and use them toward their own ends – ruthlessly and efficiently, with no tolerance for dissent or resistance.
I think tolerance is something everybody needs to be reminded of, especially in a reactionary political world. Well, actually, I should say, a reactionary political climate.
Bruce Davison
The word ‘tolerance’ once meant we all have the right to argue rationally for our deepest convictions in the public arena. Now it means those convictions are not even subject to rational debate.
Saudi Arabia isn’t the enemy, but it is a problem. It could make so much positive difference in the Islamic world if it used its status to soothe Sunni-Shiite tensions and encourage tolerance. For a time, under King Abdullah, it seemed that the country was trying to reform, but now under King Salman, it has stalled.
Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.
Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution.
Our schools must be places where all are respected and the values of tolerance and peacemaking are taught and nurtured.
We in the United States should be all the more thankful for the freedom and religious tolerance we enjoy. And we should always remember the lessons learned from the Holocaust, in hopes we stay vigilant against such inhumanity now and in the future.
Charlie Dent
Honestly, I just have to do what’s right for me, and what I would tell people is what I believe, which is that tolerance is very important.
Sooner or later, if man is ever to be worthy of his destiny, we must fill our hearts with tolerance.
I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.
You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.
Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities.
Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
Yahya Jammeh
I am an ardent believer in a free, democratic and inclusive society, and the robust exchange of views that is essential to tolerance.
The struggle of democratic secularism, religious tolerance, individual freedom and feminism against authoritarian patriarchal religion, culture and morality is going on all over the world – including the Islamic world, where dissidents are regularly jailed, killed, exiled or merely intimidated and silenced.
Ellen Willis
I believe Britishness is defined not on ethnic and exclusive grounds but through shared values; our history of tolerance, openness and internationalism; and our commitment to democracy and liberty, to civic duty and the public space.
In any endeavor, you have to understand your tolerance for risk. What’s a failure you can afford?
I learned to appreciate repetition. That’s why I can dance. It’s how I learned to act. I have a high tolerance for repetition.
Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it’s more of a cerebral ascent.
Krista Tippett
I am a living example of PM Modi’s tolerance… he forgave me though I publicly attacked him.
There is nothing in the genius of America more precious

There is nothing in the genius of America more precious today than the spirit of religious and political tolerance in its application to our own people.
In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
I think patriotism, by its very definition, is love of country. But we seem to have become a country where the highest thing we’re reaching for is tolerance.
No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.
Giacomo Leopardi
Tolerance as practiced by the Christian, enlightened West was never about thinking that bad people are good but that we are all called to love the sinner and hate the sin.
My risk tolerance is higher than some people‘s, but it’s not nearly as high as some people’s. I don’t want to exaggerate my bravado. I haven‘t been on the front lines. I haven’t ever stepped on a land mine.
I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.
Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.
Agnes Repplier
Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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.
Barack Obama winning the election had an instant impact on everything – race relations, national self-esteem, tolerance. It also had an instant affect on ‘Frost/Nixon.’ At a stroke, instead of being a piece that reminded people of the agony they were in, it became an uplifting message about the agony they had escaped.
I’ve found that a lot of successful poker players grew up poor. And I’m convinced that poor people have a risk tolerance that rich people don’t have because poor people fundamentally don’t value money that much because they’re used to not having it.
The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human dignity – these are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
Aga Khan IV
We want the world our children inherit to be defined by the values enshrined in the U.N. Charter: peace, justice, respect, human rights, tolerance, and solidarity.
We have a zero tolerance policy here at Bellator when it relates to any form of domestic violence.
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
Ralph W. Sockman
Somebody should be able to come to Canada tomorrow and have success. If there’s any barriers, if there’s any racism, we’re going to send a real message that there’s zero tolerance.
I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.
Geoff Hoon
Tolerance is important, especially in a democracy. The ability to have honest conversations, even if you come from a different place, a difference perspective, is fundamentally important.
Chronically insecure people easily lose their altruism, tolerance, and respect for non-conformity. If they have no alternative on offer, they can be led to attribute their plight to strangers in their midst.
Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.
The fabric of our Constitution and our civilisational culture is based on tolerance.
Acceptance is the only thing you should teach. Be it Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Dalit, you must inculcate acceptance, not tolerance.
It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
According to the people who dearly would love to throw him out of office, Barack Obama was elected to be ‘above politics.’ He wasn’t elected to be president, after all. He was elected as an avatar of American tolerance. His attempts to get himself reelected imply a certain, well, ingratitude.
I done got hit with a belt, a toy, a stick, extension cord, a switch off a tree, whatever. At the same time, my pain tolerance went up… It came to the point where it built toughness… Yeah, it hurt, but I wasn’t scared. I knew what was coming. Wasn’t nothing I wasn’t prepared for.
Tolerance always has limits – it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.
Sidney Hook
I raised my kids kind of old-fashioned – if you don’t have something nice to say, then don’t say it at all. I teach love, acceptance, and tolerance… I sometimes think that this generation is lacking in decency.
I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything, I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don’t understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn’t a business.
There’s got to be a zero tolerance to racism, anti-Semitism, any form of division and intolerance.
Dr. King challenged our country to fulfill the promises

Dr. King challenged our country to fulfill the promises of liberty, equality, and justice prescribed in the founding of our great nation. Leading by example, he stressed the teachings of tolerance, service, and love, regardless of race, color, or creed.
I have a zero tolerance for sanctimonious morons who try to scare people.
The SecretaryGeneral must be a determined advocate for the values of tolerance and solidarity – universal values that are shared by cultures and religions around the globe.
I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.
You want to be burning calories after you work out. The problem becomes for most people – it’s not pleasant, it’s painful. You have to have the pain tolerance to be able to deal with that, which a lot of people do not.
Brett Hoebel
Censors can make a case for zero tolerance in language. They can make the argument that since we don’t allow our children to use that language in schools, we also shouldn’t give them stories in which it is used.
No civilization has a monopoly on tolerance; each is capable of bigotry.
I always say that tolerance doesn’t depend on a country, because there is hate everywhere.
I learned tolerance at a very early age.
I like people of faith, and I believe the more people who have spirituality, the better the world will be. It’s about peace and tolerance.
I like people of faith, and I believe the more people who have spirituality, the better the world will be. It’s about peace and tolerance.
I grew up a clumsy kid with bad hand-eye coordination. Yet here on El Cap, I felt as though I had stumbled into a world where I thrived. Being up on those steep walls demanded the right amount of climbing skill, pain tolerance, and sheer bull-headedness that came naturally to me.
We must have the approach of ‘zero tolerance’ against any type of terrorism.
Promoting tolerance and human dignity is one of mankind‘s unfinished challenges.
Our values are tolerance and determination and freedom of religion, freedom to act, opportunities, equality of opportunities amongst everyone and for all.
The historical profession is nowhere famous for its tolerance, but there are not many countries where historians can expect to pay for their opinions with penal servitude or the firing squad.
It’s literally I’ll be injured or hurt in some facet and I’ll go work out to heal it, to make it get better so I can hold that tolerance level.
I’ve lived the American Dream and had a great life. Immigration and religion and racial tolerance are the foundation of this country.
I never did drugs and I can’t really drink because I have zero tolerance for alcohol, so my vice became women. I was never faithful to most of them.
Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.
Pervez Musharraf
I’d like to have more tolerance.
Amsterdam is a breeding ground for new creative pursuits in many areas fueled by a tolerance and openness to ideas unlike any world city I’ve been to. There is something for everyone here, especially when you dare to go off the beaten path.
According to the people who dearly would love to throw him out of office, Barack Obama was elected to be ‘above politics.’ He wasn’t elected to be president, after all. He was elected as an avatar of American tolerance. His attempts to get himself reelected imply a certain, well, ingratitude.
What I’m trying to do is get a change in the mindset so people move from a level of mere tolerance to total acceptance and eventually to celebrate diversity. If you feel comfortable with one another, it doesn’t matter whether we live in which neighbourhood but we can interact with one another freely. It’s a mindset.
Britons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism.
Linda Chavez
‘The ruckus’ is different experiences you go through throughout your life which builds your ruckus points up – your tolerance. You’ve got to have a high tolerance for dealing with stuff all the time.
We hope that the Commonwealth Sports movement is playing a meaningful role in the wider global conversation around tolerance, empowerment, and legal recognition for all.
The thing that has not had enough attention is really thinking about how to use modern breeding techniques to really look at the germplasm pools and find ways to actually improve yields and to improve the heat and drought tolerance of these crops.
The human heart tends toward tribalism before tolerance. We can go back to that world. It still lives in all of us. Fighting it is the challenge, particularly at a time when the most audacious thing you can do is show some grace.
I’m built for wrestling. I have a high pain tolerance. My nose has been broken a couple times. Black eyes.
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and toleran

Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.
Tolerance of true diversity on university campuses – diversity of opinion and belief – has been eroding for decades while alumni and trustees looked the other way.
I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis.
I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed by the vast majority of the world as an experiment doomed to fail. Dictatorships, monarchies, and theocracies had for many centuries ruled the world.
I always admired the tolerance of my family – you know, that they tolerated my dissension for the family consensus.
I believe in an India of pluralism and diversity, not of religious bigotry and caste politics. I believe in an India that is secure in itself and confident of its place in the world, an India that is a proud example of tolerance, freedom and hope for the downtrodden.
The intelligent defense of free speech should not rest on the notion that we must tolerate every form of speech, no matter how offensive. It’s that we should lean toward greater tolerance for speech we dislike, and reserve our harshest penalties only for the worst offenders.
As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We’re almost afraid to be happy. We feel like it’s inviting disaster.
The arts are the most uniquely suited to provide young people with critical-thinking skills, problem-solving, teamwork and collaboration, empathy and tolerance and compassion, looking at the other point of views.
Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
Hong Kong people say Hong Kong needs to preserve its uniqueness. I say Hong Kong’s uniqueness is in its diversity, its tolerance of difference cultures… China does not want to see Hong Kong in decline. I have full confidence in its future.
My dad taught not only tolerance but appreciation for every human being.
In 1996, Muhammad Ali and I co-authored a short book about bigotry and prejudice that was keyed to religious and racial divisions. To spread the message, we visited schools in a half dozen cities across the country, talking with students about the need for tolerance and understanding.
Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, ‘That’s nice.’
The only places where I have found that simple human dignity, that respect for the other man, and the gracious feel of tolerance and humanity have not been either among the heroes of the class-struggle or the ‘thinking men’ but among my simple ‘backward‘ people.
I try to live tolerance in my own way, which is why, as a politician, one of my key priorities is to stand up for human rights.
The spirit of forgiveness should prevail, and there should be tolerance and understanding among all political parties for us to move forward.
Roy Bennett
I don’t want to get rid of the typical Dutch tolerance.
In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
Tolerance, diversity, and inclusion are not political opinions. They are non-negotiable human rights – hard fought and secured in America.
The Founding Fathersinstructions were clear: The right to free speech includes bad speech; it means tolerance of ideas that many find obnoxious.
British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far right, which is the antithesis of the values this country represents: decency, tolerance, respect.
Tolerance – the function of an extinguished ardor – tolerance cannot seduce the young.
Self-proclaimed saviors and other outliers come and go throughout our political history. Occasionally, they’re successful; most times, they’re not. But the system has rebalanced toward the basic principles of tolerance, freedom and democracy that were set forth by the Founders.
Many do not understand how precarious Western civilization is and what a joy it is. From it, we get real democracy. From it, we get the sort of intellectual tolerance that allows me to propound something that may be completely alien to you.
I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis.
Politicians should reflect on the well-documented fact that fearful, insecure people lose their sense of tolerance and altruism.
Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith – even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity.
My hope is that we’re going to end up with a far more tolerant society, where the erosion of privacy, to the extent it erodes, will be offset by increased tolerance.
Tolerance, diversity, and inclusion are not political opinions. They are non-negotiable human rights – hard fought and secured in America.
Al-Qa'ida is the antithesis of the peace, tolerance and

Al-Qa’ida is the antithesis of the peace, tolerance and humanity that is at the heart of Islam.
Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else.
Walter Koenig
France and Britain have large culinary differences, but one thing they do share is a relatively low tolerance for modernist cooking.
When I first set out to make movies, that’s what I thought I was going to do – make movies that mean something. And each movie had its own message, some stronger than others. Even ‘X-Men’ has its own message of tolerance.
For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men.
Albert Claude
The principle of tolerance and respect for freedom promoted by the reforms of the Second Vatican Council are today being manipulated and erroneously taken too far.
The election is over, and even though there are people who have different ideologies and beliefs, from now on we must all embrace each other, creating a harmonious and unified new Taiwan through our love and tolerance.
Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else.
Walter Koenig
Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.
Now, I think that in acknowledging that every individual Member of Parliament and indeed every individual member of the Labour Party, has rights to express their view in a spirit of tolerance.
Ron Davies
Tolerance says I am just going to stomach your right to be different. That if you disappear from the face of the earth, I am no better or worse off. But love – love knows that every American has worth and value, no matter what their background, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience – I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.
Tolerance has to be shown by those who come to this country for a new way of life. If you are not prepared to become Australian and give this country your undivided loyalty, obey our laws, respect our culture and way of life, then I suggest you go back where you came from.
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly – that is the first law of nature.
The election is over, and even though there are people who have different ideologies and beliefs, from now on we must all embrace each other, creating a harmonious and unified new Taiwan through our love and tolerance.
When designing a workout program for high level performers, factors such as body type, previous training experience, and even pain tolerance come into play.
Hatred is corrosive of a person‘s wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation’s spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society’s tolerance and humanity, and block a nation’s progress to freedom and democracy.
If we are addressing the issue of weapons of mass destruction, we need to send a uniform, consistent message that there is zero tolerance to any country who is developing weapons of mass destruction, North Korea included.
At Linfox we have zero tolerance. If any alcohol or drugs are found in any drivers‘ blood, they are instantly dismissed.
Hatred is corrosive of a person‘s wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation’s spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society’s tolerance and humanity, and block a nation’s progress to freedom and democracy.
I’m disturbed by the words missing from the Trump campaign: Liberty, justice, freedom, and tolerance.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
Tolerance is the price we pay for living in a free, pluralistic society.
As the word ‘tolerance’ grows in popularity, tolerance for pure, unadulterated Christian doctrine appears to be shrinking.
What I’ve looked to do is try and become a change agent for good, to create the behavioral changes, the cultural changes to really embrace urgency, adopt a higher tolerance to risk, and just encourage people to make decisions.
It’s not so much what you learn about Mumbai, it’s what you learn about yourself, really. It’s a funny old hippie thing, but it’s true as well. You find out a lot about yourself and your tolerance, and about your inclusiveness.
We must have zero tolerance for sexual harassment, even if the perpetrator is somebody we like and admire.
If you want to see what stage comedians did to get laffs a century ago, watch the 1910 ‘Wizard of Oz.’ I hope you have a high tolerance for pratfalls.
The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.
Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.
America’s commitment to religious freedom and tolerance should not be conditional.
Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is en

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.
I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.
Unlike London or other big cities, there’s a great tolerance for motorbikes in Ireland. Culturally, it’s quite different.
We – what we need is a dialogue among civilizations. And we need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.
Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
Let’s be careful when we start comparing American to European tolerance because there isn’t necessarily a lot of European tolerance.
Queens is famous throughout the world for diversity and tolerance. But really it’s what we have in common that makes our neighborhoods work, our students succeed, and our families able to care for children and grandparents as they can.
Grace Meng
Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Shari’a. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue.
Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe.
I’ll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I’ve been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it’s – it’s – and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven’t been successful at it every day.
Tolerance actually does exist on Broadway.
Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we’re as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned.
We must have zero tolerance for sexual harassment, even if the perpetrator is somebody we like and admire.
Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.
I have a high tolerance for pain.
The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human dignity – these are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
Aga Khan IV
We need to fight violence and ignorance. It is true: when one strolls out, one sees women with scarves and men with beards. This has always been the case in Morocco. Morocco is built on tolerance.
Mohammed VI of Morocco
I had a lot of encouragement and tolerance from my parents, but I also have many friends who didn’t get that from their parents and in a way they have more strength from spending years where nobody believed in them.
I think more tolerance, more people having more access to a chance to be literate, and a chance to stay healthy makes for a more peaceful planet.
Portfolio theory, as used by most financial planners, recommends that you diversify with a balance of stocks and bonds and cash that’s suitable to your risk tolerance.
Harry Markowitz
Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.
There is such little tolerance for women on the national stage who don’t agree with the hosts of ‘The View’ or celebrities who march with Planned Parenthood.
When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.
Helen Hayes
I have a high tolerance for discomfort.
Andrea Corr
Tolerance, openness to argument, openness to self-doubt, willingness to see other people’s points of view – these are very liberal and enlightened values that people are right to hold, but we can’t allow them to delude us to the point where we can’t recognise people who are needlessly perpetrating human misery.
It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.
Pierre Bayle
My pranks have never been about getting a negative reaction. They’ve always been a tolerance test for the person I’m engaging with.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Paul Sweeney
The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
If you’ve ever found yourself pushed to the limits of your tolerance… you find yourself doing some things that, from the outside, can be seen as quite insane.
Brandon Lee
We want to lead normal lives, lives where our religion and our traditions translate into tolerance, so that we coexist with the world and become part of the development of the world.
If we accept ourselves as animals, and have empathy and

If we accept ourselves as animals, and have empathy and tolerance, compassion to others, understand that humans are territorial, aggressive and have gender aspects, then we can change things.
Tolerance is a one-way street in the Age of Obama. ‘Choice‘ is in the eye (and iron fist) of the First Amendment usurper.
There are few more effective ways to promote tolerance between suspicious neighbours than to force them to eat supper together.
Americans have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, religions, and races. It’s a spirit of tolerance, now energized and amplified by the cult of multiculturalism.
We must teach compassion and tolerance and encourage kindness, selflessness, and loving acceptance of all who are created in the image of God.
I suggest we bring some normality back to this country and say if you are carrying a knife, there must be zero tolerance. If it was up to me, everyone caught with a knife would get an automatic ten year sentence.
Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
I’m not asking you to be tolerant of each other. Tolerance is for cowards. Understand each other.
Randall L. Stephenson
For me, my 50s was the decade when my tolerance for heels faded. I’m in good shape and, at 8 st. 3 lb., I’m still the same weight I was in my 30s, but as you get older, the weight of your body shifts somehow.
Autoimmunity is probably the next frontier. The majority of cases of autoimmune disease result from a complex genetic problem that has environmental influences. It is a colossal task for the immune system to maintain tolerance to self and yet be ready to react to everything in the world around us.
Bruce Beutler
Things that are uncomfortable and demand time and effort and patience we can switch off to. And I am intrigued by that concept. It’s about human tolerance.
One of the most heartening phenomena in today’s Britain is the great diversity of the modern nerd – the nerd is out and proud, and while she may love ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayermerchandise more than is strictly warranted, she is in every way to be cherished as an exemplar of cosmopolitanism and tolerance.
Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe.
I want to march for tolerance, acceptance and understanding.
The literary story is a story that deals with the complicated human heart with an honest tolerance for the ambiguity in which we live. No good guys, no bad guys, just guys: that is, people bearing up in the crucible of their days and certainly not always – if ever – capable of articulating their condition.
Ron Carlson
Experience is knowledge; but knowledge, when it is sought only as a material resource, is not always a blessing. Experience is wisdom; but wisdom, with those who lack vision, is not always power. Experience is tolerance; but tolerance, when it is induced by apathy, is not in the least a virtue.
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
I think we have to understand that when tolerance becomes a one-way street, it will lead to cultural suicide. We should not allow the Muslim Brotherhood or associated groups to be influencing our national security strategy.
I do think that the attitude of the show is about tolerance. Everybody is different, and the show embraces that. The character SpongeBob is an oddball. He’s kind of weird, but he’s kind of special.
I think it’s important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.
Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more than they expect.
It is my hope that Pope Francis realizes his time is better spent focusing on matters like religious tolerance and the sanctity of all life.
Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength.
Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we’re as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned.
The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your life, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there’s nothing really to talk about.
Because a lot of people really associate liberalism and Democrats with tolerance, and I found it to be quite the opposite. They’re tolerant as long as you agree with them! I felt like not only was I tolerant, I was curious and open-minded.
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.
Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it’s more of a cerebral ascent.
Krista Tippett
Osama bin Laden’s hijacked planes not only attacked the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. They also attacked Islam as a faith. They attacked the values of tolerance and coexistence that Islam preaches.
In our era of zero tolerance, I would surely have spent most of elementary and middle school shuttling between suspensions and expulsions, with an occasional time out for social studies.
I have no tolerance for boredom. I spend so many hours in the office, and I still love it.
When I buy a Nikon camera, I have no tolerance for the

When I buy a Nikon camera, I have no tolerance for the instructions. I’m ready to make some mistakes using it and get some bad pictures back until I’ve figured it out for myself.
We don’t need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.
I’ll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I’ve been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it’s – it’s – and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven’t been successful at it every day.
I believe we don’t need to widen the divide between the West and Islam. Rather, we need to build dialogue to encourage tolerance and respect.
Shirin Neshat
Because we men have been physically stronger and more arrogant, we’ve influenced much of the cool stuff of the world, like basing the definition of courage on what we do on battlefields rather than on the patience or endurance or tolerance necessary for a sometimes painful daily grind that includes small children.
Michael had a very low pain tolerance, and his fear of pain was incredible. And I think that doctors took advantage of him that way.
I have worked hard to represent people of all backgrounds and I have always done so in a spirit of tolerance.
We are a country based on democracy, tolerance, and openness to the world.
The Right, much more than the Left, believes in the notion of live and let live, and that is the true definition of tolerance.
Kindness, tolerance, integrity, modesty, generosity – these are attributes that events permit us. They are our holiday moods, and we are as proud of them as of the fine clothes we have hung away to wear on occasions.
Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.
Phyllis McGinley
We all have our levels of risk tolerance. People who have decided they want to go to space are going to go.
Jim Cantrell
I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy.
Frank Knox
You don’t see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can’t play the game. I can’t – my tolerance – I know I’m getting old; I’ll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I’m getting old? ‘Cause my tolerance level is low.
I just don’t have a tolerance for people being fake, I don’t think. Maybe especially when I think they have bad intentions.
I almost drowned in a hot tub at a writing workshop once after I had some drinks without accounting for how the high elevation would impact my tolerance.
Tim Pratt
In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.
Globalisation is happening so fast it’s confusing for people, and tolerance is threatened.
Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness.
James Goldsmith
If you stick to what the Bible teaches, then you have everything you need: honesty, openness, friendliness, respect, tolerance, and much more, which is often lost nowadays.
Rejection is a common occurrence. Learning that early and often will help you build up the tolerance and resistance to keep going and keep trying.
What you do, is you gradually become more and more experienced, and more and more realistic about dramatic tolerance, i.e. about how long the play should be.
There’s a group of people – maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them – who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That’s not tolerance… There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.
In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.
Kamisese Mara
Everybody’s going to have their own tolerance toward ribbing or bullying or whatever. If somebody’s more sensitive, then you can’t rib them as much.
Guided by nothing but pop culture values, many children no longer learn how to think about morality and virtue, or to think of them at all. They grow up with no shared moral framework, believing that the highest values are diversity, tolerance and non-judgmentalism.
Secular societies establish tolerance by being equally non-accommodating toward all religious demands within the public sphere.
Because of my sickle-cell disease, I have a high tolerance for pain.
I have never written that there is a threat of fascism in America. I always considered the idea overwrought. But now I believe there really is such a threat – and it will come draped not in an American flag, but in the name of tolerance and health.
A lot of my friends are gay, and certainly I have no tolerance for anyone who has any sort of ignorance or restriction on people’s lives or love lives.
Sasha Roiz
There is tolerance within our community, Muslims and Ch

There is tolerance within our community, Muslims and Christians living together in harmony. These traditional values we have should be enhanced.
Hailemariam Desalegn
Tolerance exists.
I lost my tolerance for a lot of things I probably should have tolerated.
I would consider my dad a pretty patient guy, but there was no tolerance for spoiled behavior.
I don’t think there’s much tolerance for people who are a little different or withdrawn or quiet. They always seem to be the ones who stick out the most, the ones who want to just shy away and withdraw.
Tolerance always has limits – it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.
Sidney Hook
The value of tolerance is central to living in today’s world – especially in diverse places like the Bronx.
Jose Serrano
We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.
I like to think that when Medawar and his colleagues showed that immunological tolerance could be produced experimentally, the new immunology was born.
Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because the broker was someone with a much higher tolerance for risk than the banker.
We have to show zero tolerance on match and frame-fixing. There is no other option than a life ban.
Every company should have zero tolerance on sexual harassment so that victims feel secure while taking a stand.
I grew up in New York City, a town with different races, religions, and peoples. It breeds tolerance.
Donald Trump
If anyone gets arrogant about their religion, that’s when the religion isn’t effective anymore. Any decent religion or any decent philosophy is always about tolerance and individual freedom, not about harm.
I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.
Tolerance is another word for indifference.
Something is very wrong when our federal and state governments have a high tolerance for the unrestricted distribution of weapons of mass destruction, and it would be wrong to let this deadly form of neglect continue to facilitate bloodshed across America.
You can’t reduce a country to its tolerance or intolerance.
Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves.
Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don’t understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn’t a business.
Her father didn’t have a Nazi past. He was a fascist sympathizer, but Audrey didn’t try to keep that a secret. She had no tolerance for any fascist philosophy.
Robert Wolders
I have a very low tolerance for boredom and often think I would have missed out on books entirely if I’d grown up in the Internet and video game age. Now I enjoy books for people of all ages, including children.
To uphold religious tolerance, it is very wise that an adherent of a religion should not do something forbidden in another religion in front of the adherent of the latter.
One misconception is that entrepreneurs love risk. Actually, we all want things to go as we expect. What you need is a blind optimism and a tolerance for uncertainty.
My tolerance for crazy people is, I think, high a tolerance as you’re ever going to find. I love being around David Allen Coe. I would have loved to hang out with Tiny Tim. I can listen to Sun Ra on a tape-recording rant.
It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.
America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
Ralph W. Sockman
So-called leaders aren’t doing anything, so it’s become the job of artists like me. We have to get on the front lines and fight for the people who have love and tolerance in their hearts and want to live in a unified world.
We're asking that the Compton citizens have a zero tole

We’re asking that the Compton citizens have a zero tolerance policy against violence.
Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.
Kerala has little tolerance for corruption. We have also made our governance as transparent as much as possible.
If you’re gay or religious you’re always hearing this word tolerance. It’s a pathetic word. It’s actually just a politically correct word for the term intolerance.
A man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength… Romance also helps.
Sooner or later, if man is ever to be worthy of his destiny, we must fill our hearts with tolerance.