Quotes about peace

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

John F. Kennedy

By talking to yourself every hour of the day, you can direct yourself to think thoughts of courage and happiness, thoughts of power and peace. By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for, you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.

Dale Carnegie

Spirit has the power to bring peace, harmony, and balance into any situation.

Iyanla Vanzant

You feel resentful to be on the low side of the comparison, yet being on the high side brings no peace either, because there’s no such thing as being better all the time. So this is a great game to give up – you win by walking away.

Deepak Chopra

Our nation was built and civilized by men and women who used guns in self-defense and in pursuit of peace. One wonders indeed, if the rising crime rate, isn’t due as much as anything to the criminal’s instinctive knowledge that the average victim no longer has means of self-protection.

Ronald Reagan

I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that every-thing will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.

Anne Frank

For a just and lasting peace, here is my solemn pledge to you: by dedication and patience we will continue, as long as I remain your President, to work for this simple – this single – this exclusive goal.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong.

Winston Churchill

According to my experience, the principal characteristic of genuine happiness is peace: inner peace.

14th Dalai Lama

We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.

Nelson Mandela