Peace Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old peace quotes, peace sayings, and peace proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

The wise man looks within his heart and finds eternal peace. Hindu Proverb
When we do not find peace within ourselves, it is vain to seek for it elsewhere. La Rochefoucauld
Learn calm to face what's pressing. Horace
Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by people. John F. Kennedy
No man can have peace longer than his neighbor pleases. Dutch Proverb
If peace cannot be maintained with honor, it is no longer peace. Lord John Russell
It must be a peace without victory. Only peace between equals can last. Woodrow Wilson
He can never speak well, who knows not how to hold his peace. Plutarch
Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but the truth. Matthew Henry
Peace is the happy, natural state of man; war, his corruption, and disgrace. James Thomson
There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair. Euripides
If a man would live in peace, he should be blind, deaf, and dumb. Turkish Proverb
If there is to be any peace, it will come through being, not having. Henry Miller
The only way to bring peace to the earth is to learn to make your own life peaceful. Buddha
Non Violence has come among people and it will live. It is the harbinger of the peace of the world. Gandhi
If a civman does find the solution for world peace, it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known. George Marshall
For the Christian, peace is not simply the absence of conflict or any other artificial state the world has to offer. Rather it is the deep, abiding peace only Jesus Christ brings to the heart. Billy Graham
There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men. Black Hawk
A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment. Indian Proverb
Fond as we are of our loved ones, there comes at times during their absence an unexplained peace. Anne Shaw
Nonviolence doesn't always work— but violence never does. Madge Micheels-Cyrus
We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature. Rachel Carson