Motivational Quotes

Peace

Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man, for as you are, you are.

- Kempis, Thomas

Best Quotes about Peace

1.

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

2.

Maintain peace with men, war with their vices.

3.

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

Dyke, Henry Van

4.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

5.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

6.

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

Washington, George

7.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

Jawaharlal Nehru

8.

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

9.

It must be peace without victory; only a peace between equals can last.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

10.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

Flavius Vegetius Renatus

11.

Let the ideas clash but not the hearts.

Mehta, C. C.

12.

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

13.

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

Carlos Santana

14.

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.

15.

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

Eisenberg, Larry

16.

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

Theresa of Lisieux, St.

17.

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.

18.

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

Hermocrates of Syracuse

19.

To get Peace you must work for Justice.

John Paul VI

20.

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

Hubbard, Kin

21.

Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.

Proverb, Indian

22.

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

King Jr. Martin Luther

23.

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.

24.

The peace makers shall be called the children of God.

Bible

25.

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

Bible

26.

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

Amis, Martin

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

30.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where these is hatred, let me sow love.

Francis of Assisi, St.

31.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

Truman, Harry S

32.

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

33.

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

ThÝch Nhat Hanh

34.

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

35.

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

36.

If you wish for peace be ready for war.

Proverb

37.

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

38.

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

Hubbard, Kin

39.

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

Lennon, John

40.

Please, we can get along here.

King, Rodney

41.

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

Milton, John

42.

Peace is our gift to each other.

Wiesel, Elie

43.

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

Nicols, Peter

44.

What we need is a generation of peace.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

45.

One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.

Pilgrim, Peace

46.

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

Buddha

47.

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.

48.

Don't tell me peace has broken out.

Brecht, Bertolt

49.

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

50.

World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor -- it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.

Kennedy, John F.