There are no two people that are alike, that is why I’ve compiled some of the top encouraging quotes about differences to help you appreciate each individual uniqueness! ðŸ‘
Below are some of the most inspiring, appreciative, open-minded quotes about differences that will allow you to see people around you equally and make a safe world of diversity.
Side note: If I have missed other top quotes about differences or you have your own that you want to share, feel free to comment it below and I’ll make sure to update this list! 🙂
65+ Quotes About Differences
1. “Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” – Stephen Covey
2. “Share our similarities celebrate our differences.” – Scott Peck
3. “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” – Winston Churchill
4. “It is not about being all the same. It’s about respecting differences.” – Unknown
5. “I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences.” – Isabel Allende
6. “Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them well, I have others.” – Groucho Marx
7. “We all have the ability. The difference is how we use it.” – Stevie Wonder
8. “Differences were meant not to divide but to enrich.” – Unknown
9. “It is your differences that make you glorious.” – Neil Gaiman
10. “Little things make a big difference.” – Proverb
11. “Don’t trust everything you see even salt looks like sugar.” – Unknown
12. “Embrace your weirdness.” – Proverb
13. “Differences are attractive.” – Jessica Nazarali
14. “Differences challenge assumptions.” – Anne Wilson Schaef
15. “Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.” – William Butler Yeats
16. “Love is appreciating your differences as well as your similarities.” – Proverb
17. “Small changes can make huge destination differences.” – Sean Covey
18. “The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.” – Mao Tsetung
19. “You can’t make a difference unless you are different.” – Chris Hodges
20. “Have an open mind to people that are different than you are.” – Unknown
21. “One should not focus on the differences between people but look for commonality and similarity.” – Theodore Levitt
22. “I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.” – Ani Difranco
23. “If you don’t acknowledge differences, it’s as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.” – Aasif Mandvi
24. “A good friend knows all your best stories, a best friend has lived them with you.” – Unknown
25. “Beautiful quotes on seeing each other as equals and embracing our differences.” – Proverb
26. “Most of all, differences of opinion are opportunities for learning.” – Terry Tempest Williams
27. “We may have our difference, but nothing’s more important than family.” – Proverb
28. “I often think about the class differences involved in jobs vs careers.” – Bill Walsh
29. “If the book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it, But for God’s sake, let us freely hear both sides, if we choose.” – Thomas Jefferson
30. “If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.” – John F Kennedy
31. “When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has a chance to blossom.” – Unknown
31. “There are many cultural differences between us, but I think we’ll find a lot of similarities, too.” – Sandy Thoma
32. “We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not.” – William Hall
33. “Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.” – Audre Lorde
34. “It’s better to be in a relationship with someone with whom you have more things in common than differences, because, in time, those differences can ruin the relationship.” – Proverb
35. “But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common they were crazy about each other.” – Unknown
36. “A rock band is a mysterious thing. Somehow, every once in awhile, a few individuals bump into one another, and they look exactly right together and share a focus and aspiration and the right balance of musical similarities and differences.” – Alan Light
37. “No family is perfect we argue, we fight. We even stop talking to each other at times, but in the end, the family is family the love will always be there.”
38. “Be accepting. Of everything. People’s differences, their similarities, their choices, their personalities, Sometimes it takes a variety to make a good collection. The same goes for people.” – Colleen Hoover
39. “In every generation, the world is changed by a few people, who stand for something, do not fear unpopularity, and dare to make a difference.” – Nicky Gumbel
40. “When we can put aside our differences and value each other’s strengths, great things happen.” – Marry Ellen W. Smoot
41. “Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. we are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.” – Desmond Tutu
42. “A great marriage is not when the perfect couple comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” – Dave Meurer
43. “Much of the vitality in a friendship lies in the honoring of differences, not simply in the enjoyment of similarities.” – Unknown
44. “First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences, But because religion serves as the soul of a community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat.” – Huston Smith
45. “I hope we can all overcome any differences of culture race, and language.” – James E Faust
46. “Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.” – Sonia Sotomayor
47. “The key to community is the acceptance, in fact, the celebration of our individual and cultural differences, It is also the key to world peace.” -Scott Peck
48. “The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural.” – Ruth Benedict
49. A great relationship is about two things, appreciating your similarities and respecting your differences.” – Proverb
50. “There’s a huge difference between the shallow pleasure of instant applause and the long-lasting impact of true connection.” – Proverb
51. “Consider your actions and worlds. Be thoughtful when expressing your feelings or concerns. Sometimes it’s not what you say, but the way you say it. That makes all the difference.” – Amaka Imani Nkosazana
52. “A great relationship is about two things, appreciating your similarities and respecting your differences.” – Proverb
53. “I’m strong, but I’m also weak. I like talking to people, but I’m also an introvert. I feel like laughing and crying at the same time. I might act like I don’t care, but I do, a lot. I’m simple, yet complicated. I’m perfectly flawed and I like it.” – Proverb
54. “Building a better future will depend on our ability to appreciate generational differences.” – Mal Fletcher
55. “Tolerance and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love.” – Tom Hannah
56. “Respect the differences between people It makes people unique.” – Unknown
57. “Difference of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts open.” – Proverb
58. “One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.” – Alfred Nobel
59. “Our policy is to deepen the relations with all the countries in the world monarchies, kingdoms large powers we want to respect all differences and have our relationships based on mutual respect,” – Hugo Chavez
60. “Our similarities bring us to a common ground; our differences allow us to be fascinated by each other.” – Tom Robbins
61. “Best friends never have the same characteristics. They just have the best understanding of their differences.” – Unknown
62. “Political views are influenced not only by forces believed to be irrelevant but by forces that have not entered into conscious awareness.” – John R. Hibbing
63. “We fall in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has only happened once and that’s why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory, I’ll never forget a single moment.” – Unknown
64. “Accepting difference is when you recognize and respect people who are different from you, but also embrace their differences and see what you can learn from them.”
65. “Honest differences of views and honest debate are not disunities. They are the vital process of policy-making among free men.” – Herbert Hoover
66. “Our political differences, no matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.” – John Mccain
67. “I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as a cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson