Motivational Quotes

Peace

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

- La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Best Quotes about Peace

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

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.

Lennon, John

Tao. Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and it leads nowhither.

W. Somerset Maugham

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

Anton Chekhov

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

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives, that it is inside ourselves.

Camus, Albert

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

Thomson, James

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

Carlos Santana

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

Hermocrates of Syracuse

10.

I now understand what Christ suffered in Gethsemane as well as any man living.

Hardie, James Keir

11.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

12.

Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. [Psalms 34:14]

Bible

13.

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.

14.

If you want peace work for justice.

Pope Paul VI

15.

Peace is our gift to each other.

Wiesel, Elie

16.

All we are saying is give peace a chance...

Lennon, John

17.

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

Eisenberg, Larry

18.

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

Unesco

19.

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

A Course In Miracles

20.

The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

Cicero

21.

In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

Hecht, Ben

22.

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Dyke, Henry Van

23.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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When the soul is naughted and transformed, then of herself she neither works nor speaks nor wills, nor feels nor hears nor understands; neither has she of herself the feeling of outward or inward, where she may move. And in all things it is God who rules and guides her, without the meditation of any creature.... And she is so full of peace that thought she pressed her flesh, her nerves, her bones, no other thing come forth from them than peace.

Catherine of Genoa, St.

25.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

26.

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

27.

Peace has her victories which are no less renowned than war.

Milton, John

28.

One can always win a war, but how does one conquer peace?

Meyer, Michael Holmboe

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One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.

W. Somerset Maugham

30.

If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.

Proverb, Turkish

31.

Peace with a club in hand is war.

Proverb, Portuguese

32.

They make a wilderness and call it peace.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

33.

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

Theresa of Lisieux, St.

34.

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

Bible

35.

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

Dayan, Moshe

36.

Peace, like charity, begins at home.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

37.

We have heard much of the phrase, peace and friendship. This phrase, in expressing the aspiration of America, is not complete. We should say instead, peace and friendship, in freedom. This, I think, is America's real message to the rest of the world.

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 look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of Peace.

Gladstone, William E.

40.

Live and let live is the rule of common justice.

L'Estrange, Sir Roger

41.

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

42.

Don't tell me peace has broken out.

Brecht, Bertolt

43.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

Hoover, Herbert Clark

44.

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

45.

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

46.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

ThÝch Nhat Hanh

47.

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Thomas a Kempis

48.

Please, we can get along here.

King, Rodney

49.

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

50.

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.

Mother Teresa