Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Open-mindedness

Always keep a window open in your mind for new ideas.
Indian Proverb

Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
E. Joseph Cossman

People are very open-minded about new things—as long as they’re exactly like the old ones.
Charles F. Kettering (1876–1958) American Inventor, Entrepreneur, Businessperson

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.
Martha Stewart (b.1941) American Entrepreneur, Television Personality

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American Poet

Nothing makes a man broad-minded like adversity.
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist

A close mouth and open eyes never did any one harm.
German Proverb

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
Juvenal (c.60–c.136 CE) Roman Poet

The most learned are often the most narrow-minded men.
William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist

It is better to be high-spirited, even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent. It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love, is well done.
Vincent van Gogh (1853–90) Dutch Painter

Everyone is given the key to the gates of Heaven. The same key opens the gates of Hell.
Latin Proverb

A politician is not as narrow-minded as he forces himself to be.
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist

Who is narrow minded cannot be bighearted.
Chinese Proverb

A sensible enemy is better than a narrow-minded friend.
African Proverb

The broad-minded see the truth in different religions; the narrow-minded see only the differences.
Chinese Proverb

If we maintain the open-mindedness of children, we challenge fixed ideas and established structures, including our own. We listen to people in other denominations and religions. We don’t find demons in those with whom we disagree. We don’t cozy up to people who mouth our jargon. If we are open, we rarely resort to either-or: either creation or evolution, liberty or law, sacred or secular, Beethoven or Madonna. We focus on both-and, fully aware that God’s truth cannot be imprisoned in a small definition.
Brennan Manning (1934–2013) American Theologian, Author

In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims.
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist

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.
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) Indian Hindu Religious Leader

Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow is too lazy to form an opinion.
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.
Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur

A narrow mind and a wide mouth usually go together.
Indian Proverb

He was so narrow minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes….
Unknown

A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain returns all sounds.
Chinese Proverb

Absentmindedness is searching for the horse you are riding.
Russian Proverb

By all means let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
Richard Dawkins (b.1941) British Evolutionary Biologist, Atheist

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