Motivational Quotes

Peace

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

- Nicols, Peter

Best Quotes about Peace

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

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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

Stevenson, Adlai E.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Peace, like charity, begins at home.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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

Peace is our gift to each other.

Wiesel, Elie

Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.

Proverb, Indian

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

Milton, John

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

William Shakespeare

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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

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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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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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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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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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Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

Flavius Vegetius Renatus

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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

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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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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 pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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

Theresa of Lisieux, St.

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

Hoover, Herbert Clark

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Peace is more precious than a piece of land.

Sadat, Anwar

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

Muste, A. J.

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

Nicols, Peter

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

Truman, Harry S

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World peace will never be stable until enough of us find inner peace to stabilize it

Pilgrim, Peace

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

Jerrold, Douglas William

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

Bible

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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

Eisenberg, Larry

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

Thomson, James

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

A Course In Miracles

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

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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

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

Proverb, Turkish

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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

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Mental violence has no potency and injures only the person whose thoughts are violent. It is otherwise with mental non-violence. It has potency which the world does not yet know.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Kempis, Thomas

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In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

Hecht, Ben

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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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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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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