Peace Quotes
“In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems.”
-- Sargent Shriver
“I have often supported Israel, I have often visited the country and want the country to exist and at last find peace with its neighbours.”
-- Gunter Grass
“I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.”
-- Abba Eban
“I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.”
-- Red Cloud
“All through the years since World War II, the Japanese people have, I am convinced, made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace, contributing to the progress and prosperity of mankind.”
-- Eisaku Sato
“It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.”
-- Michelle Obama
“I would like to end world hunger and create world peace, stop corruption, stop drugs getting to kids.”
-- Kelly Preston
“If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.”
-- Joseph Franklin Rutherford
“When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore he belongs to the world.”
-- Richard Gere
“Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.”
-- Imelda Staunton
“The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.”
-- Chanakya
“The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.”
-- John Foster Dulles
“The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement.”
-- John McCarthy