Motivational Quotes

Peace

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

- Kempis, Thomas

Best Quotes about Peace

Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.

Theresa of Lisieux, St.

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

Inge, Dean William R.

Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.

Unesco

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

Peace is not God's gift to his creatures. It is our gift to each other.

Wiesel, Elie

The peace of heaven is theirs that lift their swords, in such a just and charitable war.

William Shakespeare

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

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

Serling, Rod

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

Zedong, Mao

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Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

Amis, Martin

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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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Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament -- disarmament follows peace.

Baruch, Bernard M.

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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

Stevenson, Adlai E.

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The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes from within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan-Tanka, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us. This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this. The second peace is that which is made between two individuals, and the third is that which is made between two nations. But above all you should understand that there can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.

Elk, Black

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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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When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.

Pilgrim, Peace

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If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.

George C. Marshall

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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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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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Has not peace honours and glories of her own unattended by the dangers of war?

Hermocrates of Syracuse

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It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

Kennedy, John F.

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Two things rob people of their peace of mind : work unfinished and work not yet begun.

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Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

Kennedy, John F.

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The peace makers shall be called the children of God.

Bible

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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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Please, we can get along here.

King, Rodney

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The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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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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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.

Kohe, J. Martin

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To get Peace you must work for Justice.

John Paul VI

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Think not I came to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.

Bible

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That doctrine of peace at any price has done more mischief than any I can well recall that have been afloat in this country. It has occasioned more wars than any of the most ruthless conquerors. It has disturbed and nearly destroyed that political equilibrium so necessary to the liberties and the welfare of the world.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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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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Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Washington, George

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Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

Allen, James

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Maintain peace with men, war with their vices.