Motivational Quotes

Peace

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

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Best Quotes about Peace

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

Bible

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

Francis of Assisi, St.

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

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

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

Dayan, Moshe

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

Dyke, Henry Van

When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people?

Frank, Borman

If you wish for peace be ready for war.

Proverb

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.

10.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

11.

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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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

13.

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

Proverb

14.

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

15.

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

Kennedy, John 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

17.

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

Allen, James

19.

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

Eisenberg, Larry

20.

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

Truman, Harry S

21.

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

Lennon, John

22.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

23.

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

Hubbard, Kin

24.

Peace is more precious than a piece of land.

Sadat, Anwar

25.

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

Jerrold, Douglas William

26.

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

Buddha

27.

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

Hill, Napoleon

28.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon-shots.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

29.

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

Lennon, John

30.

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

31.

Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.

Proverb, Indian

32.

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

Hoover, Herbert Clark

33.

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

Hermocrates of Syracuse

34.

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

35.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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.

37.

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

A Course In Miracles

38.

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

39.

In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

Hecht, Ben

40.

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

41.

Don't tell me peace has broken out.

Brecht, Bertolt

42.

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

Nicols, Peter

43.

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

44.

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

Washington, George

45.

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

Thant, U.

46.

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

Kettering, Charles F.

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

Wilson, Woodrow T.

48.

What we need is a generation of peace.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

49.

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

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Think not I came to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.

Bible