Top 100 Open-Mindedness Quotes of All Time

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Immerse yourself in a selection of open-mindedness quotes that celebrate the beauty of embracing diverse perspectives and ideas. These quotes remind us that a willingness to learn and adapt leads to personal evolution and a richer understanding of the world around us.


"An open-minded person, who also knows how to relax and enjoy life, is therefore much more capable of problem solving and may amaze those around them."
"An open mind, like an open window, should be screened to keep the bugs out."
"Encourage suggestions – Let your team members know that while you are not committed to accepting every idea, you are always open to suggestions. "
"True wisdom will enable man to judge other persons with an impartial mind."
"To open my mind and see what is truly best. For my team, is when “I” become successful."
"People are very open-minded about new things – as long as they’re exactly like the old ones."
"Open-mindedness is the pioneer that recognizes the opportunity, and is willing to walk in the new light."
"Rememeber, a closed mind is like a closed parachute. It is of no use, and a big burden on your back!"
"The humility to learn from one and all and keeping an open mind, is the hallmark of the truly great."
"Keeping an open mind is the ability to be receptive to new ideas, concepts, and experiences without judging and rejecting them off the bat."
"Be open minded. Your receptiveness to new ideas is Open-mindedness. It relates to the way in which you approach the views and knowledge of others."
"I have found we can all learn something from just about anyone, if we approach others with an open mind, take the time to get to know them, seek out, and listen for what they can teach us."
"….the more human you are, the more people will respect you for being real, and for being approachable."
"Jails are always closed yet full, while temples are always open yet empty."
"The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind."
"As you grew, we encouraged you to be open and direct. As you leave, never lose your honesty with those whom you speak."
"Opportunities are presented to us each and every day, but do we see them. To see an opportunity we must be open to all thoughts."
"Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress."
"The fact that you offer a warm smile to someone else shows other people that you are approachable, friendly and receptive."
"We should maintain an open mind and a compassionate attitude if we wish to be at peace."
"Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can."
"Learn to look at every difficult situation as a present; the gift within is the possibilities it holds. To open the gift you must find the “possibility”. "
"In retirement as in most walks of life, an open-mind that is receptive to new possibilities proves to be your best asset as you forge ahead and redesign your life to meet your new needs."
"In order to achieve great things, you must stretch your beliefs, your efforts, and your tolerance. You will have to face new situations with an open mind, eager to reach your destiny."
"Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open."
"Where there is an open mind there will always be a frontier."
"An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it."
"I want my son to be a man of good heart who reaches out to the world around him with an open mind and a gentle touch. I want him to be a man of belief, but not a man of judgment."
"… we need to open our minds to the fullness of each person; their opinions, their attributes; their potential."
"If you don’t go through life with an open mind, you will find a lot of closed doors."
"Our attitude, open mindedness, ability to convey ideas, listening skills, patience, compatibility and language skills are some of the factors that define good communication skills."
"The ability to participate in miracles – true miracles in your life – happens when you open your mind to your limitless potential."
"You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves."
"The development of genuine, open-minded patience may very well lead one to also examine one�s experience of anger and its root causes. Although impatience and anger are not the same, they live in the same neighborhood."
"Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle."
"No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage and belief."
"If you want to find a fish, look in the ocean.If you want to find yourself, look in your mind."
"Anything that helps you to open your mind to prosperity is worthwhile."
"As the world becomes more globalized, it is increasingly vital for students to expand their horizons and open their minds."
"Hаvе аn open mind. Whеn уоu аррrоасh nеw, уоu nаturаllу carry with you those орiniоnѕ, beliefs, and biases. But to gеt thе mоѕt оut of viѕuаlizаtiоn, you need to go in with аn ореn mind."
"Open your heart and mind to what the Universe intends to fill your time and energy with� or where it intends to take you."
"But keeping an open mind can also be a powerful corrective. It involves knowing when to step back, being honest about your options, recognizing what the breakpoints are and being ready to be surprised. "
"Remember, keeping an open mind is essential because only when our minds are open can we progress and evolve as a human race. It really wasn’t so long ago that most people truly believed that the earth was flat."
"A person with an open mind is always alert, awakened and sensitive to situations and surroundings and that is why he/she does not react but responds to a situation."
"Open-mindedness is regarded as a necessary professional virtue for the practice of nursing."
"The importance of keeping an open mind seems self-evident. An open mind is a precondition for progress."
"Open-mindedness is perhaps one of the most undervalued qualities of today, and yet the need for it is overwhelming on both large and small scales."
"Keeping an open Heart is keeping an open mind."
"Open Mindedness is Power. Tolerance is Power. And most importantly, Direct Communication is Power."
"Are you known as an open and receptive person who welcomes others ideas or opinions, or do you have a tendency to immediately discount other people’s opinions when they do not match your own thinking?"
"A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open."
"An open mind is like an open window. It lets the fresh air in."
"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."
"An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart."
"Until the mind is open, the heart stays closed. The open mind is the key to the open heart."
"Keeping the mind open to new ideas, not being too anxious about success, putting 100% effort and meditation is the formula for entrepreneurs."
"The mind that opens up to a new idea never returns to its original size."
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts."
"An open-minded person sees life without boundaries, whereas a close-minded person can only see what's beyond their eyes."
"I don't need other people to have an open mind for me to be happy. I'm the only one who needs an open mind."
"People are very open-minded about new things, as long as they're exactly like the old ones."
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few."
"An open mind is not an end in itself but a means to the end of finding truth."
"If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between 'for' and 'against' is the mind's worst disease."
"Open your mind before your mouth."
"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in."
"Open-minded people do not impose their beliefs on others. They just accept all of life’s perspectives and realities, doing their own thing in peace without judging anyone."
"They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea."
"An open heart is an open mind."
"It is never too late to give up your prejudices."
"You have to be very nimble and very open-minded. Your success is going to be very dependent on how you adapt."
"An open mind isn't the same thing as an empty head."
"The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend."
"Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess."
"The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible."
"It's the most unhappy people who most fear change."
"Ambiguity distracts the conscious mind."
"Your story should open as a door to the reader, where the action has already begun and they have to run to keep up."
"An open mind is better than a clenched fist."
"A great person has two hearts: one heart is bleeding, one heart is tolerant."
"Opportunities don't happen, you create them."
"The optimist turns the impossible into the possible; the pessimist turns the possible into the impossible."
"Imagination belongs to hope. It’s the creative dance of possibility."
"Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
"In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility."
"The possibilities of the art of combination are not infinite, but they tend to be frightful."
"If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you’ll be unhappy for the rest of your life."
"Only limitless thinking and dreaming can manifest limitless abilities and success."
"You begin to fly when you let go of self-limiting beliefs and allow your mind and aspirations to rise to greater heights."
"Life is a journey with almost limitless possibilities."
"Admit there are limitless possibilities in relationships, and love as many people as you can in whatever way you want, and get rid of your inhibitions, and we'll all be happy."
"Do not be afraid of limitless possibilities. The desert is infinite to the eye as love is to the heart."
"That immigrant spirit of limitless possibility animates America even today."
"I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."
"Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them."
"If you cannot be open-minded, then you do not possess your ideas, your ideas possess you."
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."
"Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed."
"The greatest freedom is to be free of our own mind."
"Those who can’t change their minds can’t change anything."