International Peace Day Quotes

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Ronald Reagan

Love, Peace, War

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There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

A. J. Muste

Peace, War, Ubuntu

Quoted in N.Y. Times, 16 Nov. 1967

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On this International Day, let us promise to make peace not just a priority, but a passion. Let us pledge to do more, wherever we are in whatever way we can, to make every day a day of peace.

Ban Ki-moon

Peace, Passion, Priorities

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Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Albert Einstein

Love, Inspirational, Life

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.252, Princeton University Press

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

Jimi Hendrix

Love, Inspirational, Life

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Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.

John Lennon

Inspirational, Life, Dream

Song: Imagine, Album: The U.S. vs. John Lennon

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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Inspiring, Peace, Military

Johnson, Lyndon B. (1965). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964”, p.63, Best Books on

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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Thomas a Kempis

Peace, Firsts, Tranquility

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World Peace Day is envisioned to become a moment of global unity - it is up to each and every one of us to make this a reality.

Jeremy Gilley

Reality, Unity, World

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Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict.

Barack Obama

Peace, Kings, Powerful

Nobel Prize for Peace Acceptance Speech and Lecture, delivered 10 December 2009, Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway

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It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.

Nhat Hanh

Peace, Truth, Yoga

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You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Virginia Woolf

Life, Meaningful, Peace

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There is no time left for anything but to make peace work a dimension of our every waking activity.

Elise M. Boulding

Peace, Humanity, Waking

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You can't find peace by avoiding life.

Michael Cunningham

Peace, Avoiding Death, Avoiding Pain

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Imagine all the people living life in peace.

John Lennon

Peace, Live Life, Perhaps Love

Song: Imagine, Album: The U.S. vs. John Lennon

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If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

Nelson Mandela

Friendship, Inspiring, Leadership

"Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

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If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

John Lennon

Love, Life, Happiness

Guitar Player, August 01, 2004.

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Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.

Bernard Baruch

Peace, War, World Destruction

Bernard Mannes Baruch (1946). “United States atomic energy proposals: Statement of the United States policy on control of atomic energy”

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Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.

Sallust

Inspirational, Balance And Harmony, Decay

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You cannot find peace by avoiding life, Leonard.

Michael Cunningham

Peace, Avoiding Death, Avoiding Pain

"The Hours". www.imdb.com. 2002.

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As they used to say 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?' How worthwhile if they declared a day of peace and everybody came.

Ed Asner

Peace, War, What If

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On this International Day of Peace, let us all honor those who have suffered from violence. Let us hold in our hearts the ideal of peace.

Kofi Annan

Peace, Heart, Honor

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We like to put sacred texts in flowing waters, so I rolled it up, tied it to a piece of wood, placed a dandelion on top, and floated it in the stream which flows into the Swat River. Surely God would find it there.

Malala Yousafzai

Rivers, Water, Pieces

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What if they gave a war and nobody came?

Carl Sandburg

War, What If, International Peace

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God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the Earth.

Pope Benedict XVI

Heart, Men, World

"The prayer of Pope Benedict XVI at Ground Zero". www.catholicworldreport.com. September 11, 2015.

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