Quotes About Peace - World Peace and Peacemaking

One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.

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

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting 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.

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

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

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

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

War remains the decisive human failure.

War is what happens when language fails.

What is more immoral than war?

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.

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

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

It is far easier to make war than peace.

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

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.

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

Peace through strength works; but the flip side is war invited by weakness.

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

We will never bring peace at the hands of war. As a species we have to rise above it.

Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression and injustice.

Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.

Peace must be more than the absence of war.

Peace is obtained by war.

Reach into the darkness and pull out the light!

In order to establish peace, you must have fair justice for everyone.

We could afford the price of peace. Love is all it costs.

If you want peace, work for justice.

Let us forgive each other -- only then will we live in peace.

Peace is such hard work. Harder than war. It takes way more effort to forgive than to kill.

One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.

Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.

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

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

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

If we don't end war, war will end us.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

People always make war when they say they love peace.

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war.

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

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.

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.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery.

Ignorance is a menace to peace.

Again it is time to pray for peace.

There is nothing more American than peaceful protest.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall take flack from both sides.- Unofficial UN Motto.

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

Everybody wants to live in peace.

The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.

Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.

Peace will be victorious.

Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.

All nations want peace, but they want a peace that suits them.

If a nation wants to live in peace with its neighbors, it doesn't keep rattling the saber at them.

Peace and quiet are preferred. Victory should not be praised.

We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks.

There can be no peace without justice and respect for human rights.

Be the peace you would like to see in the world.

The truth hurts. But if we want to heal the world, we had better start paying attention to the pain.

If peace can only come through killing someone, then I don't want it.

If we want world peace, we must break the vicious circle of violence and reprisal, of an eye for an eye, of endless hate.

Monsters are real and they are human. A person must be so empty and so broken inside to inflict the suffering that they do. If we can heal that, we will heal the world.

World peace is the most essential outer realization of our time.

God's dream for us is not simply peace of mind, but peace on earth.

World peace. I know it's a big ask, but I really really really want it.

To have world peace, we all have to have a healthy understanding of what is necessary to bring World Peace. It's not something that will be dropped on our laps. We have to work for it.

Let us have peace.

Blessed are the peacemakers on earth.

The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.

Individual peace is the unit of world peace.

Bring peace to the Earth by bringing peace to all those whose lives you touch. Be peace.

When you live on a round planet, there's no choosing sides.

Peace in the world relies on individuals finding inner peace.

Peace does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of the people.

We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.

How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?

All beings want to live in peace and happiness, undisturbed. Therefore the concept of human rights is universal.

We should really love each other in peace and harmony, instead we're fussin' n fighting like we ain't supposed to be.

World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor -- it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.

There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.

Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.