Peace - Quotes & Sayings
You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way.
Anthony EdenLife is wonderful beautiful journey. Every episode of my life is like a dream, and I am at peace and happy with what life has given me.
Laura HarringPeace is a natural effect of trade.
Charles de MontesquieuSome international law specialists compare the invasion of Iraq to the 'crimes against the peace' for which Nazi leaders were indicted at Nuremberg.
Noam ChomskyThe devil is a peace stealer, and he works hard to set us up to get upset. But we can learn how to change our approach so we don't live upset all of the time. And Jesus gives us the best example to follow.
Joyce MeyerPeace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable.
Joyce MeyerI'm not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody's throat: 'You're going to do it my way.' I'd rather show by example and live my life and have people say, 'You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He's got peace and joy, and he seems content.'
Joel OsteenOur most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.
Deepak ChopraWe gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.
Chief JosephThe framework for peace signed by Egypt and Israel is almost a peace treaty. We solved the problem for the peace treaty 98%.
Menachem BeginWe're in the last days, man - I truly, in my heart, believe that. It's written. I could go on with biblical situations and things my grandma told me. But it's about being at peace with myself and making good with the people around me.
Kendrick LamarIf it came to a magic genie, I would ask him for two extra wishes. One would be that no one would have to live with the muscular dystrophy disease or any disease. And the second one would be world peace, that we just stop fighting, talk about things, and we could live in harmony once again, like God intended us to do.
Mattie StepanekThe Christian experiences and lives a paradox. He possesses joy in sorrow, fulfillment in exile, light in darkness, peace in turmoil, consolation in dryness, contentment in pain and hope in desolation.
Mother AngelicaLet 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.
William McKinleyLet peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!
Daniel BooneOurs is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.
Omar N. BradleyPeace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.
John Greenleaf WhittierI don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.
Desmond TutuI like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
Dwight D. EisenhowerWar is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.
Smedley ButlerFor me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.
Kailash SatyarthiOnly a fighting nation can make itself responsible for world peace, and such a nation must organize its material resources and manpower with the highest possible degree of efficiency.
Chiang Kai-shekBut while we all pray for peace, we do not always, as free citizens, support the policies that make for peace or reject those which do not. We want our own kind of peace, brought about in our own way.
Lester B. PearsonThe choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.
Lester B. PearsonWe all say things sometimes to hurt people, so it's important to forgive and have peace with others and forgive and be at peace with yourself.
Miranda KerrMusic has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.
Gil Scott-HeronNothing is more precious than peace, by which all war, both in Heaven and Earth, is brought to an end.
Ignatius of AntiochJesus said, 'Blessed are the peacemakers.' And I think a lot of people don't understand that there's a difference between a peace lover and a peacemaker. Everybody loves peace, but wearing jewelry around your neck and saying 'I love peace' doesn't bring it.
Mike HuckabeeLet us have peace.
Ulysses S. GrantPalestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace.
Hamza YusufBelieve me, it is much harder to make peace than war.
Juan Manuel SantosI have always practiced by myself. It's just because that is when I can do the most work, the most efficient work, is when I am by myself, and I think I just find a little bit of peace when it comes to being able to be out here on the golf course, and you are just you and yourself and your thoughts.
Jason DayI would like to congratulate my partners in peace - Mr. Yitzhak Rabin, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Mr. Shimon Peres, the Israeli Foreign Minister - on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Yasser ArafatMy passion stems from seeking world peace and finding how we can live together creatively rather than violently.
Mimi KennedyI suppose a lot of people don't understand that one of the things that drew me to hunting was the peace and the solitude, the mushy spiritual stuff, strangely enough. The quiet away from 75,000 roaring fans. The fans, that's very wonderful - I get a great charge from that.
Shawn MichaelsMy administration's compact with the Filipino people will demand no less than the attainment of lasting peace and equitable prosperity. We will employ all the tools at our disposal to achieve this.
Benigno Aquino IIIYears ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
Irene DunneThe vast majority of Malaysians are sensible people; they're moderates, they want peace, they want harmonious race relations at home. They look for national unity.
Najib RazakTogether, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
Abdullah II of JordanIf I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
Gaston BachelardSmoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.
Zebulon PikeWe work together. No one is more important than the other. We are all Zimbabweans. We want to grow our economy. We want peace in our country.
Emmerson MnangagwaBeing lazy does not mean that you do not create. In fact, lying around doing nothing is an important, nay crucial, part of the creative process. It is meaningless bustle that actually gets in the way of productivity. All we are really saying is, give peace a chance.
Tom HodgkinsonThe primary, the fundamental, the essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep peace. Everything it does which helps prevent World War III is good. Everything which does not further that goal, either directly or indirectly, is at best superfluous.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.My mother, may her soul rest in peace, shaped my personality; thanks to her, I have acquired many values, good traits and skills.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumMusic is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.
Zubin MehtaI like to greet anyone who comes to my house with a lot of positivity and peace.
Adnan SamiIn Israel, there is a peace camp that can convene 200,000 people in central square of this city, on very short notice, and there is a major movement among academics, politicians, thinkers, and public leaders for peace, even at a painful price. On the Palestinian side, you can find them individually here and there, but there is no public movement.
Ehud BarakI just always have to cry out a breakup, and then I can make peace with it pretty quickly.
Brittany MurphyWater is always a support or a healing thing apart from, you know, love or peace of mind.
Nastassja Kinski