Quotes About Open-mindedness

In my opinion, with political and religious views, how can you 110 percent, full-hearted say without a shadow of a doubt say that this is how I feel, and this is where I want to be in my life, if you haven't looked at it any other way than just one angle?

I live in places where, although I don't take public stands, I'm surrounded by liberals, and I've spent a lot of time in this country talking to people who have very different views than the people I live around and trying to see kind of what's in common beneath those conversations.

I've been in enough positions to respect people with different views.

What I like about Bain Capital is that we have Republicans, we have Democrats, we have independents; we are a diverse firm in terms of political views. But what we do is we sit down and we try to solve the problems.

The ability to change one's views without losing one's seat is the mark of a great politician.

I'm constantly asking for alternative views on most things that come to me.

It feels great to have your own views reflected back to you, and you feel so right, but actually it's very dangerous. Because to make good decisions, you need to have a clear view of what all the options are.

I don't take others' views seriously because that isn't a fact. I do respect everyone's view, but I am not affected.

I respect passionate views.

I think it's a very powerful notion, the notion that our personal views, although closely held, are not necessarily right. That part of what is noble is making sure there are checks and balances and a plurality of opinions.

I hope that people who might speak out respectfully and out of concern would not get mobbed or bullied for their differing views.

I like to consider that I have a good insight into other cultures because I grew up with my parents having different views on things. It makes traveling a lot easier, I do enjoy other cultures.

I think that's what separates the NFL because they're so many different cultures in here that you get to learn from, that you get to experience that people from the outside don't get to experience. We don't live in a box. We understand that there's different type of views, different type of actions, and we have an open mind to listen to them.

If one can only see things according to one's own belief system, one is destined to become virtually deaf, dumb, and blind.

Learning isn't meant to be confined to a box, and students virtually never 'master' a topic simply by taking a class.

The world is a diverse place. Nobody has a monopoly on virtue or wisdom.

Being intellectually hospitable is a virtue that I bring into the interview space.

Good-faith re-examination of a position you've held in the past should be seen as a virtue, not a vice.

At the end of the day, Americans are not so keen on ideologues, people who have such fixed positions that they can't see any virtue in the other side's point of view.

We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.

When you experience playing in two different leagues, you learn to adapt; you pick up elements from the best virtues of each culture.

Europe must learn to live in and with the world, not to dominate it nor to assume it is superior or more virtuous.

Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision.

One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process.