Quotes about Tolerance

The level of tolerance for religious differences is much greater than the politically correct crowd would have us believe.

It becomes somewhat absurd when some claim that the sight of a Bible or a cross causes them so much psychological distress that it impinges upon their freedom. It is important that we learn to be reasonable and tolerant of everyone's beliefs without going to such extremes that we compromise everyone's rights.

Sins that differ from ours always seem worse.

The time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine. 2 Timothy 4:3

Hear the other side.

Memoirs of the North Africa campaign attest that, fierce and brutal as much of the fighting was, relations between individual enemies retained a quality of forbearance that seems, today, almost impossible to imagine. This

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.

A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable.

With a twinkle in his eyes, my friend says that his favorite prayer is, "Lord, give me patience—and give it to me right now!

We have largely lost sight of the holiness and purity of God today. This is one reason why we tolerate sin so easily.

We have become so tolerant and accepting of the world's ways that it is hard for many in the church to notice the sin much less answer how it crept in. The church is to be in the world, but worldliness is not to infiltrate the church.

The transformed man loves when others hate. He is just when others are prejudiced. He is understanding when others misunderstand, and he is poised when others are frantic.