Motivational Quotes

Peace

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

Best Quotes about Peace

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

World peace will never be stable until enough of us find inner peace to stabilize it

Pilgrim, Peace

Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

Hubbard, Kin

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

Milton, John

One sword keeps another in the sheath.

Herbert, George

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

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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

Hoover, Herbert Clark

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

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.

Jerrold, Douglas William

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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.

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In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the Sages.

Brahmanada, Swami

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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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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.

Hammarskjold, Dag

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

Smiles, Samuel

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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon-shots.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.

Pilgrim, Peace

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

Proverb, Turkish

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

Truman, Harry S

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Peace, like charity, begins at home.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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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

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

Lennon, John

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

Wiesel, Elie

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

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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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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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The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.

Hammarskjold, Dag

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Peace is more precious than a piece of land.

Sadat, Anwar

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

Theresa of Lisieux, St.

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

Unesco

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Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man, for as you are, you are.

Kempis, Thomas

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

Bible

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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.

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

Eisenberg, Larry

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When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people?

Frank, Borman

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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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It must be peace without victory; only a peace between equals can last.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeat. Of peace on earth goodwill to men.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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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

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

Dyke, Henry Van

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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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Let him who desires peace prepare for war.