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"The most lovable quality any human being can possess is tolerance. It is the vision that enables one to see things from another's viewpoint. It is the generosity that concedes to others the right to their own opinions and peculiarities. It is the bigness that enables us to let people be happy in their own way instead of our way."
-- Spencer W. Kimball, Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 235

"I submit to you that the tolerant society is open to and encouraging of all religions--if we look back through history to great civilizations that rose to world dominance and then deteriorated and fell, we find that the significant forerunners of their fall was their turning away from God..."
-- Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911 - 2004)

"If we could look into each other's hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us face, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance and care."
-- Marvin J. Ashton (1915-1994)

"If we learn to accept our imperfections with humor, as the reflection of our very humanity, we will experience humility and tolerance, we will understand that we are already filled with forgiveness, we will see the gift of our lives, the chains will fall away, and we will be free -- free not so much from fear or 'dependence,' but free for love, for life itself."
-- Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham: The Spirituality of Imperfection

"Self-forgiveness, which is implied in accepting your own mistakes, is a key nutrient of renewal. And the self-forgiving leader can extend that tolerance to others."
-- John R. O’Neil: The Paradox of Success

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

"Fear wants to keep out anyone who's different, who makes you feel the least bit uncomfortable, anyone who challenges your established opinions and assumptions. At the same time that your fear is excluding them, their fear is excluding you. Pretty soon, they're not just different, they're worse. And of course, you're not just different to them, you're worse, too. And it's not a very big step from being worse to being wrong. And from being wrong it's not a very big step to being an enemy. Fear excludes and creates enemies. It takes great courage to bring down the walls of exclusion and reach out to people who are different from you."
Joe Tye,Never Fear, Never Quit: A Story of Courage and Perseverance

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."
-- George Washington Carver, American inventor and horticulturist

"Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause."
-- Mahatma Gandhi

"It is more difficult to crash an atom, than a prejudice."
-- Albert Einstein

"Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and the wrong. Sometime in your life you will have been all of these."
-- Bob Goddard

"The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius."
-- Oscar Wilde

"We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors ...but they all have to learn to live in the same box."
-- Author Unknown

"Whenever we have feelings against a minority, we should be aware of the fact that each of us, in one way or another, is also part of a minority. Managers, left-handed people, religious or agnostic people, and many more are a minority when compared with the total population. Following the principle of "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" will ensure that we give every minority what it deserves – our tolerance, compassion, and respect."
-- Bruno Gideon (Writer)

"I am of the opinion that inclusion could replace the word tolerance. Why? Inclusion means that "I can", verses tolerance, meaning you have to put up with me which breeds more resentment. (Do you see the circle of non growth?) Yet those who are busy resenting may not know, perhaps minorities didn't choose the word tolerance. I don't know about you, but I don't want to be tolerated. I want inclusion, to join in partnership with you to enhance our world, city, and community. I want our children together to find the value in 'seeing everyone worthy of living their values, accepting responsibility, learning to trust and thriving in respect. side by side in joyful common ground.'"
-- Nani Aki Linder - White Raven