Motivational Quotes

Peace

If the Nazis have really been guilty of the unspeakable crimes circumstantially imputed to them, then -- let us make no mistake -- pacifism is faced with a situation with which it cannot cope. The conventional pacifist conception of a reasonable or generous peace is irrelevant to this reality.

- Murry, John Middleton

Best Quotes about Peace

1.

There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

2.

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

Unesco

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

Proverb

6.

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

Amis, Martin

7.

The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.

O'Connor, Basil

8.

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.

9.

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

Thomas a Kempis

10.

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

11.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

12.

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.

13.

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

Dyke, Henry Van

14.

When a person's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with them.

Bible

15.

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

Kennedy, John F.

16.

Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.

Proverb, Indian

17.

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

Kempis, Thomas

18.

The peace makers shall be called the children of God.

Bible

19.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

20.

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

Truman, Harry S

21.

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

22.

Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.

Fulghum, Robert

23.

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

24.

One sword keeps another in the sheath.

Herbert, George

25.

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

26.

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

Serling, Rod

27.

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

Stevenson, Adlai E.

28.

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

29.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

30.

To get Peace you must work for Justice.

John Paul VI

31.

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

Theresa of Lisieux, St.

32.

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

Bible

33.

Let the ideas clash but not the hearts.

Mehta, C. C.

34.

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

Washington, George

35.

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

36.

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

37.

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

38.

Live and let live is the rule of common justice.

L'Estrange, Sir Roger

39.

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

40.

Right human relations is the only true peace.

Bailey, Alice A.

41.

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

Lennon, John

42.

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

Roosevelt, Theodore

43.

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

Thant, U.

44.

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

Hoover, Herbert Clark

45.

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

Meyer, Michael Holmboe

46.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

47.

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

48.

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

Hubbard, Kin

49.

If you wish for peace be ready for war.

Proverb

50.

Don't tell me peace has broken out.

Brecht, Bertolt