Motivational Quotes

Peace

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

- Jerrold, Douglas William

Best Quotes about Peace

Peace, like charity, begins at home.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God.

A Course In Miracles

There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.

Serling, Rod

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

Truman, Harry S

If you wish for peace be ready for war.

Proverb

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

Washington, George

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

Nixon, Richard M.

We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

Anton Chekhov

One sword keeps another in the sheath.

Herbert, George

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Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Washington, George

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If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends.You talk to your enemies.

Dayan, Moshe

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There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by hiding behind the wagon-wheels of pacific theories.

Chiang Kai-Shek, Madame

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I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

Truman, Harry S

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Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.

Franklin, Benjamin

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When we can't find peace in ourselves it is vain to look for it elsewhere.

Proverb

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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

18.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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Peace is more precious than a piece of land.

Sadat, Anwar

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Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.

Mckinley, William

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The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

Smiles, Samuel

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What we need is a generation of peace.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves.

Maslow, Abraham H.

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The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The best way to end a war is not to begin it.

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Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.

Carlos Santana

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All that a pacifist can undertake -- but it is a very great deal -- is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause suffering to another human creature, and untiringly to order his life by the rule of love though others may be captured by hate.

Brittain, Vera

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Live and let live is the rule of common justice.

L'Estrange, Sir Roger

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Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

Thomson, James

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Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.

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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.

Hill, Napoleon

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Let the ideas clash but not the hearts.

Mehta, C. C.

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You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

Lennon, John

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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

Thant, U.

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Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

Flavius Vegetius Renatus

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When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan.

Nicols, Peter

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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself; nothing, but the triumph of principles.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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When the wish for peace is genuine, the means for finding it is giving in a form each mind that seeks for it in honesty can understand.

Schucman, Helen

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Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

King Jr. Martin Luther

43.

Those who love thy law have great peace, and nothing causes them to stumble. [Psalms 119:165]

Bible

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The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a master-architect; in execution, the labors of many.

Humphrey, Hubert H.

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If you want peace work for justice.

Pope Paul VI

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Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life to the will of God.

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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.

Kempis, Thomas

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For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe.

Eisenberg, Larry