Quotes about Opinion

We've reached a point where people are actually afraid to talk about what they want to say, because somebody might be offended. We've got to get over this sensitivity and it keeps people from saying what they really believe.

One person's disaster is another person's talking point.

And there is a proud kind of moderation likewise, when men will take upon them to censure both parties, as if they were wiser than both

Thinking about My Purpose POINT TO PONDER: Happiness is my choice. I don't need anyone's approval to be happy. VERSE TO REMEMBER: "Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close." PSALM 27:10 (NLT) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: Whose opinion matters most to me? Whose approval am I living for?

Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, political, or religion which he got otherwise than through his associations and sympathies.

The settled opinion here is that religion is essentially distinct from Civil Govt. and exempt from its cognizance; that a connection between them is injurious to both.

It is not a matter of whether one is biased or not. It is really a question of which bias is the best bias with which to be biased.

I didn't vote for [President Bush]. But I've never said anything bad about the guy because I have respect for the office.

Once you step away from the herd and let your true self shine, you'll probably find yourself in front of the opinion firing squad (especially if what you want to do is extraordinary and outside of everyone's comfort zones), which is why so many people run screaming from the lives they'd so love to live. Merely allowing yourself to be seen is a risk.

In literature, too, it is not great achievement to memorize what you have read while not formulating an opinion of your own.