Motivational Quotes

Peace

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

- William Shakespeare

Best Quotes about Peace

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

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

Kempis, Thomas

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

Allen, James

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

Kempis, Thomas

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

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

Serling, Rod

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

Thant, U.

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

Lennon, John

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

ThÝch Nhat Hanh

10.

To get Peace you must work for Justice.

John Paul VI

11.

They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [Isaiah 2:4]

Bible

12.

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

Nicols, Peter

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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

14.

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.

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

Milton, John

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

Peter McWilliams

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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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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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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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Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

Bierce, Ambrose

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One sword keeps another in the sheath.

Herbert, George

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

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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

Hubbard, Kin

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

Eisenberg, Larry

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

Amis, Martin

28.

Please, we can get along here.

King, Rodney

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The peace dividend is peace.

Quayle, Dan

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

31.

You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.

Kettering, Charles F.

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

Pilgrim, Peace

33.

This idea of weapons of mass exterminations utterly horrible and is something which no one with one spark of humanity can tolerate. I will not pretend to obey a government which is organizing a mass massacre of mankind.

Russell, Bertrand

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

Bible

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

Theresa of Lisieux, St.

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There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

Jerrold, Douglas William

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Bible

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

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Kennedy, John F.

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

Proverb

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

A Course In Miracles

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

Jerrold, Douglas William