Peace Quotes

"Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness."

"America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman."

"An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot."

"An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry."

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

"An unjust peace is better than a just war."

"Are some women and children going to die? Yeah. But it's doing the right thing. You got money, you sit around talking about peace. People who don't have money need some help."

"As for T.B. Joshua, I am a descendant of my family in Arigidi-Akoko in Ondo State, Nigeria - but as for the divine nature, the power of God affects my life to give peace to people, deliverance to people, and healing to people."

"As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it."

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

"Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ."

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

"Black people need some peace. White people need some peace. And we are going to have to fight. We're going to have to struggle. We're going to have to struggle relentlessly to bring about some peace, because the people that we're asking for peace, they are a bunch of megalomaniac warmongers, and they don't even understand what peace means."

"Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities for awareness, so that one may be happy in the interim."

"Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves."

"Dear God, Please send to me the spirit of Your peace. Then send, dear Lord, the spirit of peace from me to all the world. Amen."

"Defending peace is the duty of all."

"Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace."

"Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism."

"Deregulation created this epidemic of greed which according to the rules of capitalism was OK. Beyond that there was criminal behaviour. There have been no repercussions and it's hard to make your peace with."

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

"Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances."

"Even peace may be purchased at too high a price."

"Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity."

"Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace."

"First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others."

"For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."

"For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny."

"Form the habit early in life of leaving your business at the store or wherever you may be employed. Never carry it home to mar the peace of your family; if you do, you will soon drive out the sunshine."

"Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body."

"Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt to contribute to individual and world peace."

"He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war."

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

"He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure."

"He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure."

"Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women."

"I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war."

"I believe God's keeping the records, and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life. Somehow, some way, God will make it up to you. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can't give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it's peace or joy or satisfaction."

"I believe in peace. I believe in mercy."

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

"I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet."

"I can't believe I did a peace sign on TV - like Ringo Starr!"

"I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace."

"I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself."

"I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness - and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I'm a human trying to make it through in this world."

"I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights."

"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace."