Motivational Quotes

Peace

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

- Nixon, Richard M.

Best Quotes about Peace

1.

If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts.

Peter McWilliams

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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.

5.

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

Thomas a Kempis

6.

Peace is produced by war.

Corneille, Pierre

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

Lennon, John

10.

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

Hill, Napoleon

11.

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

Hermocrates of Syracuse

12.

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

Anton Chekhov

13.

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

Kennedy, John F.

14.

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

Milton, John

15.

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

Smiles, Samuel

16.

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.

17.

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

Eisenberg, Larry

18.

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

Washington, George

19.

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

Hoover, Herbert Clark

20.

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

21.

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

Jerrold, Douglas William

22.

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

Washington, George

23.

No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.

Pilgrim, Peace

24.

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

25.

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

Amis, Martin

26.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

27.

Right human relations is the only true peace.

Bailey, Alice A.

28.

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

Nicols, Peter

29.

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

Serling, Rod

30.

'He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' -- those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

Buddha

31.

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

Bible

32.

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

33.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

34.

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

Truman, Harry S

35.

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

Dayan, Moshe

36.

This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.

Pilgrim, Peace

37.

Peace, like charity, begins at home.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

38.

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

Allen, James

39.

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.

40.

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

41.

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

Meyer, Michael Holmboe

42.

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

43.

Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.

Proverb, Indian

44.

Please, we can get along here.

King, Rodney

45.

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

Proverb, Turkish

46.

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