Konrad Adenauer Quotes

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.

I've always been slow but I'm even slower now. I'm more into the waiting, or I guess I'm more patient about the waiting.

All around the world, there is corruption, tribalism and division, as many find it easier to pick on those that are different, which is why we need to hold tightly to the good in this world.

There's nothing wrong with things taking time.

I think diversity is a challenge everywhere.

Infinite patience gets you immediate results.

There is magic in patience, you know.

You cannot make your life move faster than it's moving. No matter how urgent your situation may seem to be, things are going to happen when they happen, not a minute sooner. Be patient with yourself. Be patient with others. Be patient with life. Patience always pays off.

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

Our problem is that we often expect instantaneous solutions to such challenges, forgetting that frequently the heavenly virtue of patience is required.

when one has learned to wait patiently, one has learned to live.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.

Today when I think about diversity, I actually think about the word 'inclusion.' And I think this is a time of great inclusion. It's not men, it's not women alone. Whether it's geographic, it's approach, it's your style, it's your way of learning, the way you want to contribute, it's your age - it is really broad.

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

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

Our laboratory is a place that celebrates diversity and is totally open to all differences, not just sex but also age, ethnicity, religion and other traditions.

Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable.

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.

I've just always been a proponent of having a lot of diversity in the shows I've done. I just think that's the world we live in.

Diversity means understanding.

You become more tolerant when you become older. You're not interested in rapping people over the knuckles; you're interested in understanding them.

With all of the divisiveness that is going on in the country we live in, so much of it is based around just fear of the other. And anyone who does not look like me, walk like me, talk like me, have sex like me, they're the other and I'm afraid of them. And hopefully we will learn that it's just not scary. There's nothing to be afraid of.