Quotes about Differences
There are three religious truths: 1) Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. 2) Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith. 3) Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters.
- Anonymous
As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it the quiet of families to have their chancery and their parliament within doors, and to compose and determine all emergent differences there.
- John Donne
Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Elections are always a little bit funny. People start saying things and emphasizing differences. After the election, my hope is, is that people start emphasizing what we have in common.
- Barack Obama
I am convinced the Church is the greatest hope for humanity and for creating a new world where everyone is valued and embraced regardless of differences.
- Erwin McManus
I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force.
- Albert Einstein
At first opposites attract. Then opposites attack.
- Rick Warren
Courtesy is respecting our differences, being considerate of each other's feelings, and being patient with people who irritate us.
- Rick Warren
The preoccupations of seventeen-year-old girls--their looks, their clothes, their social life--do not change very much from generation to generation. But in every generation there seem to be a few who make other choices. Amy was one of the few.
- Elisabeth Elliot
I see people getting so caught up in celebrating diversity that they are neglecting their commonality.
- Richard Paul Evans
The writers of the scriptures consistently affirm that we're all part of the same family. What we have in common—regardless of our tribe, language, customs, beliefs, or religion—outweighs our differences.
- Rob Bell
Some have brains, and some haven't, ... and there it is.
- AA Milne