244 Quotes About Peace - World Peace and Peacemaking

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

The pursuit of peace happens when all forms of aggression are exhausted.

A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.

Respect for the rights of others means peace.

If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace.

If peace only had the music and pageantry of war, there'd be no wars.

World peace begins with inner peace.

Fighting fire with fire will burn the whole world to ashes.

Peacemaking is not like lovemaking, that you feel turned on to carry out for a few minutes, or alas seconds, and then feel chirpy, in case of a woman, or sleepy, in case of a man -- peacemaking is the endeavor of a lifetime.

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.

Peace does not demand that everyone like or want the same reality.

Words are better than weapons, wisdom is better than war.

Nonviolence is only for the brave men and women of the world because it requires courage -- courage to love the beauty of life, beauty of humanity and the beauty of the world.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

We tell the dead to rest in peace, when we should worry about the living to live in peace.

You'll get more from being a peacemaker than a warrior.

To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order.

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

Peacemakers not only live, they rule life.

Peace in the world is everybody's business, no matter where you live or what you do.

Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?

There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.

Be a peacemaker in everyday life. Display peace in everything you do. Be peace. Live in peace.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

World peace is not something that can be realized simply by politicians signing treaties, or by business leaders creating economic cooperation. True and lasting peace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very lives.

Nothing is more precious than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the advancement of humankind.

Peace is a road to happiness and the future.
War is a road to destruction and death.

If you want to live a peaceful life, let others live in peace.

The practice of understanding, forgiveness, and love is the best practice for a peaceful world.

Who has created more peace in the world, the Peace Corps or the Marine Corps?

A nation is only great when its citizens fall in love with the art of dwelling in peace and unity.

Peace is stronger than war.

Peace is the bright star of the world.

Defending peace is the duty of all.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?

Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.

Peace is necessary. For justice, it is necessary. For hope, it is necessary, for our future.

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

We know how to organize warfare, but do we know how to act when confronted with peace?

If we do not work for individual transformation, talking about world peace is just entertainment.

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love.

We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.

The only way to abolish war is to make peace seem heroic.

War remains the decisive human failure.

Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war.

War is what happens when language fails.

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

What is more immoral than war?

If wars were declared by love, there would be no tears of sorrow, only tears of joy.

You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace.

Power to the peaceful!

We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.

Put the gun on the head
and you can capture the land
But it takes lots of love craft
to win the people's heart.

Human history makes everlasting peace seem possible only in theory.

If I'm going to be staying up until 3 A.M., it should be for world peace and not shampoo sales.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

Peace is not the product of terror or fear.

This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

Peace is not something you wish for, it's something you make.

I hold to nothing but envisioning international peace and utopia. We all have many more things in common than not.

There is no alternative to the peaceful coexistence of cultures.

Look at history. It's not the account of a species at peace.

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

Peace without justice is tyranny.

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

We're not sane enough yet to enter space until we learn to live together in peace on Earth.

I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

World peace can be achieved only if there is nothing left to conquer.

The correct definition of equality is that we came through the same door to the world.

Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.

Begging your pardon, sir... One population can't make peace with another by force.

'Peace through Strength' only works if you have and show strength.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars.

We need new partnerships in fighting terrorism and building peace.

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.

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

You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.

When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.

Never underestimate or mock peace.

Peace, unity and harmony!

Peace on earth, and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled.

Elevating the status of women is our best path to peace, justice, and prosperity on a global scale.

We should learn to live and love our neighbors as ourselves for the sake of peace and progress.

I believe that there is no path other than the path of peace.

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Peace is the respect for the rights of the other person.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.

It is far easier to make war than peace.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.

The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace.

Peace cannot be unilateral.

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

War may be made by one party, but it requires two to make peace.

There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities of life and believe that a change of the political and economic system will make them available. World peace must be based on world plenty.

We have a long way to go before we are able to hear the voices of everyone on earth, but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the World Peace we all wish for.

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.

One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.

If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.

Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace.

For capitalism, war and peace are business and nothing but business.

Everybody knows that love is better than hate, and peace is better than war.

Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.

The peace sign is with two fingers not one.