Top 999 Peace Quotes & Sayings - Page 9

There's a verse in the Bible says, 'In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.' And what brings me peace is the scripture.

We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.

When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if we do not practice mindful consumption, we cannot save our planet.

Creating whole departments of ethnic, gender, and other 'studies' was part of the price of academic peace. All too often, these 'studies' are about propaganda rather than serious education.

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.

Peace begins with a smile.

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first.

The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school and in the workplace.

Where there is no human connection, there is no compassion. Without compassion, then community, commitment, loving-kindness, human understanding, and peace all shrivel. Individuals become isolated, the isolated turn cruel, and the tragic hovers in the forms of domestic and civil violence. Art and literature are antidotes to that.

Power to the peaceful!

Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.

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

There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a sound of peace. It is a sound of, 'I'm going to make it through all of this.'

If you intend to use our beautiful city to cause mayhem, disturb the peace, create fear and commit violence, you are not welcome here.

When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.

War 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.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

I always see gardening as escape, as peace really. If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil.

To me, one of the best faces America has ever projected is the face of a Peace Corps volunteer. That face symbolizes this country: young, curious, brimming with idealism and hope - and a real, honest compassion.

It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict, we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace.

If our nation goes over a financial Niagara, we won't have much strength and, eventually, we won't have peace. We are currently borrowing the entire defense budget from foreign investors. Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security. That is not, as our military friends say, a 'robust strategy.'

When anyone arouses my anger, I will immediately pray for them and regain my peace of soul.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to call it American self-interest.

Being 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.

The ancient Jewish people gave the world the vision of eternal peace, of universal disarmament, of abolishing the teaching and learning of war.

The word 'Islam' means 'peace.' The word 'Muslim' means 'one who surrenders to God.' But the press makes us seem like haters.

There is no alternative to peace. There is no sense to go to war.

I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

If the inner world is inundated with peace, then the nightmare of world war cannot even come into being.

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

A bad peace is even worse than war.

When the war was in progress, England and France agreed wholeheartedly with the Fourteen Points. As soon as the war was won, England, France, and Italy tried to frustrate Wilson's program because it was in conflict with their imperialist policies. As a consequence, the Peace Treaty was one of the most unequal treaties ever negotiated in history.

I hope royalty continues forever. This is the thing that can contribute to peace throughout the world.

The Russians as a people had no point of conflict with the Germans; the conflict came from their respective imperialistic policies. When the Russian people learned that imperialism was historically wrong, they set up a revolution in 1917 and overthrew imperialism at home. They then negotiated for peace separately with Germany.

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

Let 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.

Peace along with freedom and justice are the pillars for attaining both security and stability and will pave the way towards the eradication of oppression, extremism, and terrorism in our world.

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.

Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.

When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair, there is no hope.

My husband and I have been married for 15 years. He is a priest in the Church of Sweden. I have a faith, but it's not so formal. We made our peace with that.

Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.

I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing.

Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that it is just to sit down and enjoy the calm and peace, is wrong.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.

When your soul is resting, your emotions are okay, your mind is okay, and your will is at peace with God, not resisting what He's doing.

Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge.

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

Give peace a chance.