Tolerance And Diversity Quotes:

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Life, Motivational, Wisdom, Antithesis, World Religions

Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity.

- John Hume

source: "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

topic: Respect, Lying, Essence, Peace And Unity, Fundamental Principles

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

- Jimmy Carter

source: Speech, Pittsburgh, Pa., 27 Oct. 1976

topic: Beautiful, Dream, America, Inspirational Diversity, Inspiring Presidential

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

source: Ronald Wright (2010). “A Short History Of Progress”, p.129, Canongate Books

topic: Relationship, Money, Peace, Human Relations, Peace And Tolerance

How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance -- the one value that is indispensable in creating community.

- Barbara Jordan

topic: Equality, Creating, Keys, Tolerance And Diversity

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.

- Maya Angelou

topic: Color, Diversity, Matter, Inspirational Diversity, Inclusion

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

- Ralph Washington Sockman

topic: Life, Courage, Tolerance, Majority And Minority, Inspirational Bullying

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

- Maya Angelou

topic: Strength, Educational, Teaching, Individual Differences, Inspirational Diversity

The highest result of education is tolerance.

- Helen Keller

topic: Forgiveness, Education, Appreciation, Great Teacher, Patience And Tolerance

Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.

- Rene Dubos

topic: Diversity, Tolerance, Survival, Inspirational Diversity, Diversity Of Life

It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.

- Pierre Bayle

topic: Diversity, Tolerance, Brotherhood, Peace And Tolerance, Tolerance And Diversity

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

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Life, Life Philosophy, Kind People

If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear.

- Gene Roddenberry

source: "In Graduation Speech, Wellington High Principal Stands Alone" by Frank Cerabino, www.mypalmbeachpost.com. May 26, 2013.

topic: Life, Attitude, Men, Tolerance And Diversity

Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged

- Rumi

topic: Christian, Unique, Rivers, Tolerance And Diversity

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

- Kofi Annan

source: Twitter post from Sep 03, 2016

topic: Race, Skins, Different, Inspirational Diversity, Language Culture

Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences.

- Mikhail Gorbachev

source: Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, Green Cross International (2011). “Mikhail Gorbachev: Prophet of Change : from the Cold War to a Sustainable World”, p.53, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS

topic: Differences, Diversity, Unity, Peace And Unity, Diversity Of Life

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

source: Speech at Civil Rights March,Washington, D.C., 28 Aug. 1963

topic: Dream, Children, Integrity, Good Character, Social Equality

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

- Anne Frank

source: 1944 Diary entry, 6 Jul.

topic: Happiness, Happy, Soulmate, Inspirational Diversity, Just Be Happy

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

- John Donne

source: Devotions upon Emergent Occasions no. 17 (1624)

topic: Teamwork, Men, Islands, Indivisible, Inspirational Diversity

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

- John F. Kennedy

topic: Peace, Differences, Diversity, Inspirational Diversity, Cuban Missile Crisis

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? There is a brotherhood among all men. This must be recognized if life is to remain. We must learn the love of man.

- Pablo Casals

source: "Joys and Sorrows : Reflections‎ by Pablo Casals as told to Albert E. Kahn". Book by Albert E. Kahn, 1974.

topic: Country, Men, Brotherhood, Inspirational Diversity, Country Love

Diversity is the magic. It is the first manifestation, the first beginning of the differentiation of a thing and of simple identity. The greater the diversity, the greater the perfection.

- Thomas Berry

topic: Simple, Diversity, Perfection, Differentiation, Unity In Diversity

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow firm there, firm as weeds among stones.

- Charlotte Bronte

source: Charlotte Bronte (2013). “Jane Eyre”, p.426, Simon and Schuster

topic: Education, Weed, Nature, Conventionality, Cultural Diversity

Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.

- Robert Kennedy

topic: Religious, Freedom, Men, Inspirational Diversity, Religious Freedom

Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin,...

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Color, Judging, People, Good Character, Social Equality

Live with the objective of being happy.

- Anne Frank

topic: Inspirational Diversity, Inspirational Stress Relief, Stress Relief, Life And Happiness, Joy And Happiness

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.

- Alice Walker

topic: Peace, Thinking, Ubuntu, Inspirational Diversity, Tolerance And Diversity

I am committed to the First Amendment principles of religious freedom, tolerance, and diversity. Whether Mormon, Methodist, Jewish, or Muslim, Americans should be able to participate in their constitutional free exercise of religion. I do not think witchcraft is a religion, and I do not think it is in any way appropriate for the U.S. military to promote it.

- George W. Bush

topic: Religious, Military, Humor, Methodists, Tolerance And Diversity

But remember: All this talk of tolerance and diversity is basically just a way for one group of white people to pursue power over other groups of white people. It's not about actually helping anyone.

- Glenn Reynolds

topic: White, People, Diversity, Power Over Others, Tolerance And Diversity