Peace Quotes

"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, Statesman

"Disarmament or limitation of armaments, which depends on the progress made on security, also contributes to the maintenance of peace"

Ludwig Quidde, Critic

"The IRA has abandoned its armed struggle in pursuit of its goals by political means. This must be fully acknowledged. Continued challenge does nothing but obstruct and inhibit the peace process"

James T. Walsh, Politician

"When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge"

Gerald Jampolsky, Psychologist

"Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions"

Gerald Jampolsky, Psychologist

"I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge"

Gerald Jampolsky, Psychologist

"I believe that everyone can appreciate the right of a family to grieve the loss of a loved one in peace, regardless of anyone's position on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan"

Dave Reichert, Politician

"Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace"

Irene Dunne, Actress

"Let us face it, the U.N. has failed. It has failed in its mission to promote world peace"

Ginny B. Waite

"Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions"

Douglas Feith, Public Servant

"Finally, people are starting to recognize freedom and peace do have a cause, they do have a price"

Mark Foley, Politician

"Some pacifists have carried the sound idea of the prime importance of security too far, to the point of declaring that any consideration of disarmament is superfluous and pointless as long as eternal peace has not been attained"

Ludwig Quidde, Critic

"The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods"

Gustav Stickley, Architect

"Peace, of course, is different from divorce; indeed, in essential respects, divorce is the opposite of peace"

Douglas Feith, Public Servant

"I've made my peace with myself"

Broderick Crawford, Actor

"Iraq may get peace and stability through restoring it's sovereignty under participation of all Iraqi factions and sectarian groups, who must rebuild a new democratic, free and independent Iraq"

Ali A. Saleh

"We've got to win this battle, and we will. We have to win the peace"

Al D'Amato, Politician

"When time and space and change converge, we find place. We arrive in Place when we resolve things. Place is peace of mind and understanding. Place is knowledge of self. Place is resolution"

Abdullah Ibrahim, Musician

"We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind"

Juan Antonio Samaranch, Celebrity

"Peace is a conscious choice"

John Denver, Musician

"You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose"

Gordie Howe, Athlete

"Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another"

Yahya Jammeh, Politician

"It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace"

Anna Akhmatova, Poet

"You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself, and for the firefighter it is fire"

Larry Brown

"A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men"

Martin Farquhar Tupper, Writer

"This is an era of violent peace"

James D. Watkins, Soldier

"All the other chiefs and tribes have accepted the Great Law of Peace. They now live in peace with one another"

Hiawatha, Statesman

"The education of peoples is a necessary precondition to peace"

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Statesman

"Hold me in your arms, lava lamp! Let me seek magma comfort and peace in the warmth of your kryptonite embrace"

Isabel Yosito, Artist

"Peace must be more than the absence of war"

Helmut Kohl, Politician

"There was a lot of Southern Baptist preachers and some yelling ones but mostly we had a pastor who didn't scream and I found a lot of comfort and joy and peace as a child hearing the Bible"

Victoria Jackson, Comedian

"Myself, I don't think you will ever get security in the Mideast until you have what on the surface appears to be fair to both sides. You have to have leaders committed to peace, on both sides. One side can't impose a solution"

Bobby R. Inman

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

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"You do have a modicum of peace of mind here, but it's as unsettled as any other place"

Todd Rundgren, Musician

"For me, having come to study and understand some of the Bible and finally getting saved made a huge difference in me, because my wife was a big influence on that. I saw in her, when I first met her, a person's soul at peace with everything and everybody around her"

Randy Travis, Musician

"There are different things one can do to establish and hasten the peace process. Meditation is one way"

Mike Love, Musician

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

Maria Schell, Actress

"It was my dream that I had clenched in a fist of discontent and wouldn't release. But time had now pried every finger open. There is peace in an open and upraised hand that isn't grasping for anything"

Laurel Lee

"May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage"

Yahya Jammeh, Politician

"Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace"

Kent Nerburn, Author

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