Peace Quotes

~A Very Wise Peace Quote~
"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it." Eleanor Roosevelt

"A people free to choose will always choose peace." Ronald Reagan

"It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf." Thomas Fuller

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

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

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

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." Mother Teresa

"Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind." Sydney Madwed

"If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots." Napoleon Bonaparte

"For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual." Irving Babbitt

"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."
Dwight D. Eisenhower

~My Favorite Peace Quote~
"He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees." Benjamin Franklin

"I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change the form in which we live." Godfrey Reggio

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

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

"It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace."
Andre Gide

"Nobody can bring you peace but yourself." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure." Phyllis McGinley

"One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force." David Borenstein

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

"Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin." Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Peace begins with a smile." Mother Teresa

"Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew."
John Greenleaf Whittier

"Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time." Lyndon B. Johnson

"Peace is its own reward." Mohatma Gandhi

"Peace is liberty in tranquillity." Marcus Tullius Cicero

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice." Baruch Spinoza

"Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous."
George Bernard Shaw

"Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful." Friedrich Schiller

~Beautiful Peace Quote~
"Peace is the first thing the angels sang." John Keble

"Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by." Maria Schell

"People always make war when they say they love peace."
David Herbert Lawrence