Best 64 quotes in «open minded quotes» category

A politician is not as narrow-minded as he forces himself to be.

Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.

I'm not a hard-line Republican, because I'm a lot more open-minded than that.

Being yielded to God's authority keeps us pliable and open-minded to a possible change of plans.

Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.

If the individual is to be happy in the contemporary order, he must be open-minded with respect to new values and new arrangements.

I'm someone who is open-minded to new experiences because they teach you new things.

As long as you're open-minded you can learn stuff from anyone.

Intelligence is in constant process of forming, and its retention requires constant alertness in observing consequences, an open-minded will to learn, and courage in readjustment.

Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.

I will raise up prophets to make conflicting pronouncements that inevitably will be garbled in transcription, resulting in mutually exclusive definitions of orthodoxy from which the open-minded will flee in dismay.

It is increasingly important to be open-minded.

Nothing is further from the truth than the claim that the American soul is 'open-minded' and unbiased; on the contrary, it is ridden with countless taboos of which people are sometimes not even aware.

One never goes so far as when one doesn't know where one is going.

Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.

The only prerequisites to leadership are that you remain positive, calm, and open-minded.

The narrow-minded who undertake any work will never be satisfied. They cannot understand the actions of those who are large hearted and broad-minded.

The proponents of UFOs offer up impressive quantities of principally eyewitness data, which although largely subjective and circumstantial in nature, is nevertheless quite intriguing.... Many of the high-quality sighting reports involve certain objective aspects, which, to an open-minded bystander, are quite impressive.

We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things.

Most good police officers are very open-minded. The bad ones are the ones who are close-minded.

The reason a person is a republican is because something is wrong with them. Again, that's science - that's neuroscience. You cannot be well adjusted, open-minded, pluralistic, enlightened and be a republican.

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded.... They shout you down and won't let you speak if you disagree with them.

An all-powerful ruler of the Universe would not endorse a dormant mind.

Are you open-minded? If not, leave the door open to it.

A tree that is never shaking by the wind is a dead tree!

All a hardliner has to do is to keep the door of his mind open! And then, the light will visit him! Only in light we can see the truths!

Being open-minded dramatically reduces one’s chances of getting a permanent tattoo.

But why should he be open-minded when he thinks he’s right?

Be open minded like the sky. Be accepting like the ocean. Be loving like a flower.

Building fruitful and lasting relationships starts with abandoning the conventional ‘‘me’’-based thoughts that are so prevalent in the business world and so easy to slip into in our personal lives.

By staying open minded and listening to the needs and desires of your inner child, you open yourself up to the possibilities of anything and everything.

Discussions, debates and even arguments will be fruitful if done with an open mind.

Distance gives a clearer view. You can't see the facade of a building while staying inside.

I believe people often understand far more about their opponents' ideas than they appear to, and know that what appear to be a few easy steps along a pleasant road of mild revision can end in a political and moral journey of thousands of miles. This is why they never take the first step, and why they fend off articulate criticism with anger, ostracism and abuse rather than with reason. This is why I abandoned the idea of writing a book entitled 'How to Change your Mind". It became clear to me that most people hate the very idea of changing their minds, while claiming to be open-minded. In the same way, most people hate freedom of speech, except for those who completely agree with them. But they pretend otherwise.

An open mind is as welcoming as an open door.

An open mind is a traveled mind.

Everything we do is about getting people to be more open, more creative, more courageous.

How to open your heart? Step one: listen.

I love keeping an open mind. It's liberating to know the universe and our existence are not limited to my understanding.

I'm not sure what is worse, a closed mind or a closed book.

I'm too open minded that I don't know what to mind anymore.

Men close their minds when see a naked truth.

It's a fact—everyone is ignorant in some way or another. Ignorance is our deepest secret. And it is one of the scariest things out there, because those of us who are most ignorant are also the ones who often don't know it or don't want to admit it. Here is a quick test: If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant. Before it is too late, go out there and find someone who, in your opinion, believes, assumes, or considers certain things very strongly and very differently from you, and just have a basic honest conversation. It will do both of you good.

Dig Deep! When the task at hand seems to be very difficult. Dig Deep! Whenever you feel you're drifting away from your intended course. Dig Deep! When others doubt you and say it can't be done. Dig Deep! Whenever you feel like giving up. Dig Deep! When life throws you a curve ball. If you quit, you'll never hit that homerun

One can not prescribe a belief.

my beautiful friend, even on your darkest day i have benefited from the warmth of your light. and i know i’m not the only one. even when you are not consciously giving, you are still giving so much. with your openness, your kindness, your understanding. see yourself through my eyes, for just a moment. feel yourself through my heart.Allow me the honor of reflecting back to you the love you have shown me, time and again, when it was only real love, and real friendship that could have pulled me from the pain. let me take some of your pain now. I am here. I am yours. You are mine, my friend. I am grateful.

One can give ‘correct’ opinion only if one has an open mind.

Openness is like a sport, we need to practice it every day to get the best ability to be open to others’ ideas after some time.

It's been suggested that if the super-naturalists really had the powers they claim, they'd win the lottery every week. I prefer to point out that they could also win a Nobel Prize for discovering fundamental physical forces hitherto unknown to science. Either way, why are they wasting their talents doing party turns on television? By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.