Explore Quotes on Peace

Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.

You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.

I like my peace and quiet whenever I can grab it.

China will always remain the builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and upholder of international order.

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt.

Development cooperation between nations is very important because it is one of the building blocks of shared peace, prosperity, and human rights for all. It is one of the antidotes to the poison of xenophobia.

I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.

I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight's darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore.

The Lord receive my soul, and have mercy on me, and bless this kingdom with peace and charity, that there may not be this effusion of Christian blood amongst them.

The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man.

If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy to make our peace with it.

I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard.

Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.

Coming out of university, one of my obsessions was that in the novels I was reading, they seemed to be portraying a world that had a social fabric. People knew each other in 'War and Peace.' They went to all the same balls. These were societies with tightly wound, woven, social textures.

How great would it be to have a native son lead us out of turmoil and trouble to peace and justice? Someone who follows the rule of law and not the rule of mob... This is the path Donald Trump has set for our great nation, and it's the same path I'm on.

I had imagined doing nuclear physics and cosmic ray work in greater style in peace time. To do modern physics in a small way is of no use of all.

I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.

Under Obama, we have seen the U.S. military - the most exceptional force for peace in the world - degraded, downsized, decimated and demeaned, resulting in massive international instability and potential threats to our homeland.

Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isn't that really quite incredible?