Motivational Quotes

Peace

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

- Bible

Best Quotes about Peace

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

A Course In Miracles

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

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

King Jr. Martin Luther

Please, we can get along here.

King, Rodney

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

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

Washington, George

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

There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by hiding behind the wagon-wheels of pacific theories.

Chiang Kai-Shek, Madame

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

Flavius Vegetius Renatus

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

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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If you wish for peace be ready for war.

Proverb

14.

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

Muste, A. J.

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

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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

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Hubbard, Kin

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

Jerrold, Douglas William

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

Stevenson, Adlai E.

22.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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

Hubbard, Kin

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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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

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Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

27.

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

28.

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

Dayan, Moshe

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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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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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If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

Gide, Andre

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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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Peace is produced by war.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Thomson, James

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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

37.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

Lennon, John

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

Carlos Santana

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The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

Nixon, Richard M.

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

Truman, Harry S

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

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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

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

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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

Buddha

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Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.

Proverb, Indian

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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