Peace Quotes

At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules.
– Charlize Theron
Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a sailing vessel at sea. I guess a combination of hard work and the seemingly infinite expanse of the sea - the profound solitude - that does it for me.
– Billy Campbell
As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week.
– George J. Mitchell
As for the promotion of peace congresses we have had our meetings and assemblies, but the promotion through them of the determined and effective will to peace displaying itself in action and policy remains to be achieved.
– Lester B. Pearson
As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace.
– Rene Cassin
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.
– Kid Rock
Are ideals confined to this deformed experiment upon a noble purpose, tainted, as it is, with bargains and tied to a peace treaty which might have been disposed of long ago to the great benefit of the world if it had not been compelled to carry this rider on its back?
– Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Arafat was a barrier to peace.
– Charles Schumer
Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not afford to make peace.
– Natan Sharansky
Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.
– Sargent Shriver
And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in the science and technology of destruction that a third act in this tragedy of war will result in the peace of extinction.
– Lester B. Pearson
An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.
– John Paul Jones
Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room.
– Anthony Burgess
Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.
– Ulysses S. Grant
All through the years since World War II, the Japanese people have, I am convinced, made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace, contributing to the progress and prosperity of mankind.
– Eisaku Sato
All of us deserve a greater peace of mind, knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are.
– Bob Ney
All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what they were in the situations I photographed them in.
– Jock Sturges
After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
– Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
Actually, I feel music becoming more and more important. It's a big source of inspiration. With what's going on in the world, we feel almost desperate. Music also brings you peace.
– Cecilia Bartoli
A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.
– Kwame Nkrumah
A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.
– Richard Holbrooke
A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
– Wayne Dyer
A man will treat a woman almost exactly the way he treats his own interior feminine. In fact, he hasn't the ability to see a woman, objectively speaking, until he has made some kind of peace with his interior woman.
– Robert Johnson
A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
– Sivananda
A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
– Karl Von Clausewitz
Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.
– Gerry Adams
See in what peace a Christian can die.
– Joseph Addison
What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.
– William R. Alger
I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
– Muhammad Ali
I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
– Woody Allen
I invite you, if your parents will let you, to come to our country, the best time being this summer. You will find out about our country, meet with your contemporaries, visit an international children's camp - Artek - on the sea. And see for yourself: in the Soviet Union - everyone is for peace and friendship among peoples.
– Yuri Andropov
Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.
– Saint Thomas Aquinas
Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.
– Yasser Arafat
We make war that we may live in peace.
– Aristotle
When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace.
– Saint Augustine
I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
– Mahmoud Abbas
We are trying to lead our people to a just peace and to security, and we want to pave the way for the next generations.
– Mahmoud Abbas
You might say, the boat is pulling away from the pier. We need every friend of peace and progress to be on board.
– Abdallah II
Every nation sincerely desires peace; and all nations pursue courses which if persisted in, must make peace impossible.
– Norman Angell
While there may be little evidence that Iraq has ties to al-Qaeda or to the attacks of Sept. 11, there is no question that its present government, under Saddam Hussein, is an outlaw regime, is in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, is embarked upon a program of developing weapons of mass destruction and is a threat to peace and stability.
– James Baker
Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth and fresher breath.
– Dave Barry
My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished 2 bags of M and M's and a chocolate cake. I feel better already.
– Dave Barry
There is no question that al-Qaida operatives are currently active in Iraq. A premature exit before the threat they represent has been dealt with would endanger America and the prospects of eventual peace in the Middle East.
– Robert Bennett
We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.
– Silvio Berlusconi
Ours 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. Bradley
Scatter the clouds that hide The face of heaven, and show, Where sweet peace doth abide, Where Truth and Beauty grow.
– Robert Bridges
If this phrase of the 'balance of power' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.
– John Bright
No trumpet-blast profound the hour in which the Prince of Peace was born; No bloody streamlet stained Earth's silver rivers on the sacred morn.
– William C. Bryant
The fiercest agonies have shortest reign; And after dreams of horror, comes again The welcome morning with its rays of peace.
– William C. Bryant
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
– Buddha
I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.
– George W. Bush
Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment.
– George W. Bush
We concluded that tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world. Many nations have voiced a commitment to peace and security, and now they must demonstrate that commitment to peace and security in the only effective way: by supporting the immediate and unconditional disarmament of Saddam Hussein.
– George W. Bush
We're pursuing a strategy of freedom around the world, because I understand free nations will reject terror. Free nations will answer the hopes and aspirations of their people. Free nations will help us achieve the peace we all want.
– George W. Bush
In an impoverished Europe which conflict had ripped apart, people yearned for peace, freedom, stability and a new chance to prosper.
– Jan Peter Balkenende
The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.
– Jan Peter Balkenende
We are dutybound to turn these places surrounding us - sacred to Islam, Christianity, and Judaism - into a bridge and a symbol of freedom of access and worship, coexistence in peace... under the sovereignty of Israel.
– Ehud Barak
We want peace, but not at any price.
– Ehud Barak
Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.
– Baudouin I
Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared, and if they raise themselves to a point where they adopt an abstract principle superior to their egotisms. In other words, it can only be obtained by a betterment of human morality.
– Julien Benda
I had my dysfunctions, but music gave me peace and joy. I never felt in tune with the world. My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me. My art was my autonomy.
– Meredith Brooks
The roster of Nobel Peace Prize winners, though it has some strange people on it from time to time, tends to feature folks who fought for social justice in a nonviolent and constructive way somehow.
– Guy Burgess
There will be no peace in the tormented world, only a programmed and systematic series of wars and calamities-until the plotters have gained their objective: an exhausted world willing to submit to a PLANNED Marxist economy and total and meek ENSLAVEMENT-in the name of PEACE.
– Taylor Caldwell
Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.
– Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Europeans know that their great experiment in building peace, unity and prosperity cannot survive as a privileged enclave, surrounded on its outskirts by breeding grounds of hatred and fanaticism.
– Dick Cheney
One can go to war alone, butyou can't build peace alone.
– Jacques Chirac
The unanimous vote by the Security Council... offers Iraq a chance to disarm in peace. That was the meaning of France's initiative since the start.
– Jacques Chirac
Moral of the Work. In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.
– Sir Winston Churchill
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
– Sir Winston Churchill
The diffusion of a universalist culture and of a pedagogy of peace appears more than ever to be the path that we must follow for the salvation of all nations on earth.
– Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
The education of peoples is a necessary precondition to peace.
– Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.
– Georges Clemenceau
It is far easier to make war than peace.
– Georges Clemenceau
We have to make sure that we are a force for peace and stability in the world, and that we're prepared to defend freedom and the security of the American people.
– Thad Cochran
These are challenging times at home and around the world. We will have to work together in a bipartisan spirit and with our international partners if we are going to achieve progress and peace now and for future generations.
– Susan Collins
To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault.
– Robert Conquest
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
– Calvin Coolidge
No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.
– Calvin Coolidge
When we were at peace, Democrats wanted to raise taxes. Now there's a war, so Democrats want to raise taxes. When there was a surplus, Democrats wanted to raise taxes. Now that there is a mild recession, Democrats want to raise taxes.
– Ann Coulter
My mother went into the Peace Corps when she was sixty-eight. My one sister is a motorcycle freak, my other sister is a Holy Roller evangelist and my brother is running for president. I'm the only sane one in the family.
– Billy Carter
If we are genuinely committed to promoting a culture of peace, as individuals we must look to our values and ensure that we all exhibit a peace loving life to our nation's children.
– Silvia Cartwright
I dont know that I want to act 15 years from now. I mean, I love the process of acting, but not the masochism. No matter how successful you get in Hollywood, you cannot rest. Your new movie doesn't open well; they're looking for the next person to replace you; it's always something. You never have true peace.
– Emma Caulfield
I was in London during my first sci-fi convention for Buffy, and I was at the local bar, having a drink, writing in my journal, and this woman came up to me and said, Do you want a drink? I said, No, thank you. She pushed it a couple of times, and each time I said, No, really I'm fine. Then she turned really cold, looked at me and said, Someday these conventions will be your only outlet. I was like, wow, thanks, peace out, OK.
– Emma Caulfield
Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
– Ajahn Chah
Canada is known and honoured as a steadfast and skilful advocate for international collaboration, reconciliation, and the promotion of peace.
– Adrienne Clarkson
I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace.
– James Conrad
Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.
– Wendy Cope
Once over there [Balkans], I felt extremely patriotic. Here are these people, from 18-year-olds to military veterans, enduring real duress for the cause of peace. I don't ever want to play for a regular audience again, only military folks who are starving for music.
– Sheryl Crow
God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.
– Ely Culbertson
The Constitution of the United States is a law, for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
– David Davis
Peace is a conscious choice.
– John Denver
I've got to have a place where I can find peace of mind.
– Princess Diana
Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies by any certain witnesses, nor judges. But as long as they go towards peace, that is Truth, it is no matter which way.
– John Donne
We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.
– James H. Douglas
Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. While we are yet at peace, let us mobilize the potentialities, particularly the moral and spiritual potentialities, which we usually reserve for war.
– John Foster Dulles
The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.
– John Foster Dulles
Peace is constructed, not fought for.
– Brent Davis
If there were to be a universal sound depicting peace, I would surely vote for the purr.
– Barbara L. Diamond
God grant him peace and happiness but never an understanding of what he has lost.
– King Edward VIII