Motivational Quotes

Peace

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

- Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Best Quotes about Peace

One sword keeps another in the sheath.

Herbert, George

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

Anton Chekhov

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

Jerrold, Douglas William

All that a pacifist can undertake -- but it is a very great deal -- is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause suffering to another human creature, and untiringly to order his life by the rule of love though others may be captured by hate.

Brittain, Vera

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

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

Bible

Peace is produced by war.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Franklin, Benjamin

10.

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

Serling, Rod

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

Amis, Martin

12.

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

13.

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

Jerrold, Douglas William

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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.

15.

When the wish for peace is genuine, the means for finding it is giving in a form each mind that seeks for it in honesty can understand.

Schucman, Helen

16.

Peace with a club in hand is war.

Proverb, Portuguese

17.

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

Dayan, Moshe

18.

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

19.

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

Thant, U.

20.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

Jawaharlal Nehru

21.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

22.

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

Peter McWilliams

23.

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

Proverb, Turkish

24.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

25.

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

26.

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.

27.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

28.

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

Bible

29.

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

Washington, George

30.

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives, that it is inside ourselves.

Camus, Albert

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

Theresa of Lisieux, St.

32.

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

Pilgrim, Peace

33.

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

Wiesel, Elie

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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

35.

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

Washington, George

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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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War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized.

Moore, Marianne

38.

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

39.

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

Carlos Santana

40.

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

Milton, John

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

Hoover, Herbert Clark

42.

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

Truman, Harry S

43.

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

44.

If you want peace work for justice.

Pope Paul VI

45.

Peace is more precious than a piece of land.

Sadat, Anwar

46.

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

Bible

47.

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

48.

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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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