Closed Mind Quotes

Discover the power of open-mindedness with our collection of 44 inspiring quotes on closed minds. Learn to embrace new ideas and perspectives with these thought-provoking sayings.

One’s opinion should only be as strong as one’s knowledge on the matter.
-Eric Hirzel

Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'
-Amy Poehler

The strength of one's opinion should not exceed their knowledge on the matter.
-Eric Hirzel

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
-Benjamin Franklin

It is when you finally learn that your are all in your mind that your real life begins.
-Brian Tracy

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.
-Gerry Spence

The door of a bigoted mind opens outwards so that the only result of the pressure of facts upon it is to close it more snugly.
-Ogden Nash

Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.
-George Bernard Shaw

The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind; otherwise life will just pass you by.
-Danny Wallace

If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.
-Brigham Young

A closed mind stumbles over the blessings of life without recognizing them.
-Napoleon Hill

Here you discover that so long as books are kept open, then minds can never be closed.
-Ronald Reagan

Keep your mouth closed until your mind is in gear.
-Unknown

A closed mind is a dying mind.
-Edna Ferber

Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.
-Toba Beta

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
-Terry Pratchett

The mind that is too ready at contempt, or at admiration of small, good, or evil, is not a proper judge of anything.
-Joseph Jouber

A closed mind and a closed book are the same; just a block of wood.
-Chinese Proverb

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
-Aristotle

A mind is only as strong as the walls we build around it.
-Unknown

A closed mind is a limited mind. An open mind is an unlimited mind.
-John C. Maxwell

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.
-Peter Marshall

The mind that opens up to a new idea never returns to its original size.
-Albert Einstein

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
-Navajo Proverb

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.
-Frank Zappa

The problem with closed-minded people is that their mouth is always open.
-Unknown

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.
-John F. Kennedy

Close Minded Peoples Quotes

A person is not given the heart to understand and the mind to discriminate by accident. They are given by God as tools for a purpose—to cultivate wisdom. Use them wisely.
-Suzy Kassem

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
-Socrates

The mind is like a garden. If you plant flowers of positivity, your mind will bloom with joy and happiness.
-Debasish Mridha

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
-Terry Pratchett

The narrow-minded have a wide tongue.
-Arab Proverb

A closed mind is a dead mind. And a dead mind is of no use to anyone.
-Rick Warren

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
-Charles Bukowski

A person who won't listen to others has a closed mind and is not open to new ideas. Their progress is halted.
-Byron Pulsifer

Closed-minded people are always arguing, while open-minded people are always discussing.
-Greg Anderson

Once you've decided that something's absolutely true, you've closed your mind on it, and a closed mind doesn't go anywhere.
-Michael A. Singer

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.
-Gerry Spence

I try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed.
-Bernard Beckett

No matter how much we disagree with people, demonising them doesn't get us anywhere; it merely indicates a closed mind.
-Lindsay Duncan

Quotes About Close Minded Person

The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind; otherwise, life will just pass you by.
-Danny Wallace

Closed-minded people will always find something wrong with open-minded people. It is a way to shield themselves from their own insecurities.
-Unknown

Closed-minded people open their mouths more than their eyes.
-Unknown

A person who is open to new experiences is like a fully charged battery. A closed-minded person is like a battery that is disconnected from the charger.
-Earl Nightingale