Top 200 Tolerance Quotes

There’s got to be a zero tolerance to racism, anti-Semitism, any form of division and intolerance.
Erin O’Toole
We allow each other so little enjoyment or even toleran

We allow each other so little enjoyment or even tolerance for our individualities, our uniquenesses, and yet to me, that’s what it’s all about.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
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
Arrogance – I have very little tolerance for that.
Rita Moreno
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.
Charlie Pierce
There are few more effective ways to promote tolerance between suspicious neighbours than to force them to eat supper together.
Alain de Botton
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.
Kevin Feige
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.
Toni Morrison
We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
Ruby Bridges
Tolerance is forced on people in London.
Graham Norton
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Robert Green Ingersoll
In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.
Kamisese Mara
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
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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.
E. M. Forster
Sooner or later, if man is ever to be worthy of his destiny, we must fill our hearts with tolerance.
Stan Lee
I’m very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
E. O. Wilson
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.
Thomas Hauser
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.
Hussein of Jordan
I want to march for tolerance, acceptance and understanding.
Jason Collins
I have a low tolerance for people who complain about things but never do anything to change them. This led me to conclude that the single largest pool of untapped natural resources in this world is human good intentions that are never translated into actions.
Cindy Gallop
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.
Tom Daley
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.
Paul P. Harris
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.
Tariq Ramadan
I always admired the tolerance of my family – you know, that they tolerated my dissension for the family consensus.
Ehud Olmert
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.
Dee Hock
The highest result of education is tolerance.
Helen Keller
Don’t tell me about tolerance. Don’t tell me about acceptance. Look at me as the woman that I am and respect that.
Dominique Jackson
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
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.
Najib Razak
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.
Mel Gibson
I would consider my dad a pretty patient guy, but there was no tolerance for spoiled behavior.
Wyatt Russell
People in the Middle East may consider the U.S. an evil

People in the Middle East may consider the U.S. an evil hegemony that has tainted their culture, but when I look at the growth of racial and ethnic tolerance and understanding in my generation in the U.S., and see those sentiments make it around the world, it makes me feel proud.
Aloe Blacc
Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.
Pervez Musharraf
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.
Ameen Rihani
Tolerance is another word for indifference.
W. Somerset Maugham
Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.
Arthur Keith
Our schools must be places where all are respected and the values of tolerance and peacemaking are taught and nurtured.
Blase J. Cupich
We are a country based on democracy, tolerance, and openness to the world.
Angela Merkel
I’ve lived the American Dream and had a great life. Immigration and religion and racial tolerance are the foundation of this country.
Shahid Khan
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.
Abby Johnson
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.
Sean Dyche
We must teach compassion and tolerance and encourage kindness, selflessness, and loving acceptance of all who are created in the image of God.
Ephraim Mirvis
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
John F. Kennedy
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.
Tom Daley
The promotion of international tolerance, reconciliation and education for which we must work are, in my view, of paramount importance in order to build a balanced world showing solidarity.
Albert II, Prince of Monaco
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.
Chen Shui-bian
Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it’s more of a cerebral ascent.
Krista Tippett
Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength.
Charles Lindbergh
I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis.
Leslie Fiedler
Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.
Kim Campbell
Unlike London or other big cities, there’s a great tolerance for motorbikes in Ireland. Culturally, it’s quite different.
Charley Boorman
I have zero tolerance for people who don’t come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company’s programs.
Anne M. Mulcahy
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.
Nicholas Kristof
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.
Drew Houston
If a patient became sugar-free and blood sugar normal on a basal requirement diet, the caloric intake was gradually increased until sugar appeared in the urine. The tolerance was thus ascertained.
Frederick Banting
Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness.
James Goldsmith
We don’t need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.
Arlen Specter
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Robert Green Ingersoll
The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
George Eliot
The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
George Eliot
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.
Bennett Miller