Motivational Quotes

Peace

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

- Flavius Vegetius Renatus

Best Quotes about Peace

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

Kempis, Thomas

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

Moore, Marianne

Peace is our gift to each other.

Wiesel, Elie

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

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

Bible

Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.

Unesco

They make a wilderness and call it peace.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.

Mother Teresa

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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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The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

Jawaharlal Nehru

12.

In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

Hecht, Ben

13.

Don't tell me peace has broken out.

Brecht, Bertolt

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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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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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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

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

Eisenberg, Larry

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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

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

Thomas a Kempis

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The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes from within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan-Tanka, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us. This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this. The second peace is that which is made between two individuals, and the third is that which is made between two nations. But above all you should understand that there can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.

Elk, Black

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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

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

William Shakespeare

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

Washington, George

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

ThÝch Nhat Hanh

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

Hoover, Herbert Clark

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

Washington, George

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To get Peace you must work for Justice.

John Paul VI

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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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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

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Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.

Proverb, Indian

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We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.

Woolf, Virginia

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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.

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The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

Nixon, Richard M.

38.

Peace is more precious than a piece of land.

Sadat, Anwar

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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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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.

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

Hubbard, Kin

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This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.

Pilgrim, Peace

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The peace dividend is peace.

Quayle, Dan

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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

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

Stevenson, Adlai E.

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

Thant, U.

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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