Peace - Quotes & Sayings

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.

William Shakespeare

It's never nice to lose someone close to you; unfortunately, life goes on, and we have to make peace with it and move on.

Francois Hougaard

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.

Christopher McCandless

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

Norman Schwarzkopf

Blue is the color of peace. Water is blue. I like the color blue because it just puts me at peace. The patriotic symbol is blue. I just like blue.

Antonio Brown

Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.

Pervez Musharraf

I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.

Anne Frank

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

Muhammad Ali

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Albert Einstein

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Buddha

You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.

George Michael

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.

Georges Bernanos

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

George Washington

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.

Mother Teresa

I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.

Rafael Nadal

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

Douglas MacArthur

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Buddha

Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it's a start.

Anthony Bourdain

Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you're at peace with yourself. Learning life's lessons is not about making your life perfect, but about seeing life as it was meant to be.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.

Minoru Yamasaki

We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.

George W. Bush

Those who want peace should prepare for war and be strong.

Avigdor Lieberman

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

Stevie Wonder

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

Karl Marx

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Mother Teresa

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

Saint Francis de Sales

Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.

Eugene O'Neill

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Dalai Lama

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Indira Gandhi

I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.

Martina Hingis

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

Nhat Hanh

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

Nelson Mandela

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Thomas Paine

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Buddha

It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth's dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be let alone; lest sleeping abnormalities wake to resurgent life, and blasphemously surviving nightmares squirm and splash out of their black lairs to newer and wider conquests.

H. P. Lovecraft

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.

Gerald Jampolsky

Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.

Ban Ki-moon

You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.

Fred Hampton

Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.

Mark Victor Hansen

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Marcus Aurelius

Cross the meadow and the stream and listen as the peaceful water brings peace upon your soul.

Maximillian Degenerez

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

John F. Kennedy

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Dalai Lama

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

Francis of Assisi

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

Kin Hubbard

The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.

Queen Elizabeth II

I believe in peace. Only peaceful co-existence can ensure peace.

Sheikh Hasina