John A Peace Quotes

#1. They taught us a toast in Ukranian which we like: 'Let us drink to make people at home happy.' And they toasted again to peace, always to peace. Both of these men had been soldiers, and both of them had been wounded, and they drank to peace. - Author: John Steinbeck

#2. We must seek, above all, a world of peace; a world in which peoples dwell together in mutual respect and work together in mutual regard. - Author: John F. Kennedy

#3. All nations want peace, but they want a peace that suits them. - Author: John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

#4. Give peace a chance - Author: John Lennon

#5. The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. The Bible speaks again and again of the goodness and beauty of creation, which is called to glorify God. - Author: Pope John Paul II

#6. Peace is an Excellent Thing, and War is a great Misfortune. But there are Many things More valuable than Peace, and many Things Much worse than war. The maintenance of the Ottoman Empire belongs to the First Class, the Occupation of Turkey by Russia belongs to the Second. - Author: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

#7. For so long as we condone injustice by a small but powerful group, we condone the destruction of all social stability, all real peace, all trust in man's good intentions toward his fellow man. - Author: John Howard Griffin

#8. We all have Hitler in us, but we also have love and peace. So why not give peace a chance for once? - Author: John Lennon

#9. Holy Moses, let us live in peace. Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease. There's a man over there, what's his colour I don't care, he's my brother, let us live in peace. - Author: Elton John

#10. Canada is a place of infinite promise. We like the people, and if one ever had to emigrate, this would be the destination, not the U.S.A. The hills, lakes and forests make it a place of peace and repose of the mind, such as one never finds in the U.S.A. - Author: John Maynard Keynes

#11. Food is strength, and food is peace, and food is freedom, and food is a helping hand to people around the world whose good will and friendship we want. - Author: John F. Kennedy

#12. May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last. - Author: John Henry Newman

#13. Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. - Author: John Wooden

#14. Through my years of working on war and peace in Africa, I have learned that there are solutions to some of the greatest human rights challenges, and we all can be a part of those solutions. - Author: John Prendergast

#15. That's what I'd ask you to do: Hope for peace. Because I know that I would love to be able to lay down my weapon and get to being a colonist. Just like you are. Just like I want to be. - Author: John Scalzi

#16. Dream of a society at peace with its conscience because it respects and lives in harmony with all life forms. - Author: John Robbins

#17. O brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother; Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there; To worship rightly is to love each other, Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer. - Author: John Greenleaf Whittier

#18. Our future on this planet, exposed as it is to nuclear annihilation, depends one one single factor: humanity must make a moral about-face. - Author: Pope John Paul II

#19. I pray this winter be gentle and kind - a season of rest from the wheel of the mind ... - Author: John Geddes

#20. I felt that I was not, never had been and never would be a living part of this overpoweringly solid and deeply meaningful world around me. - Author: John Knowles

#21. Woman is the daughter of falsehood, a sentinel of hell, the enemy of peace. - Author: John Of Damascus

#22. A complete and generous education fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war. - Author: John Milton

#23. Snatam Kaur is a yogini, and I find her music deeply spiritual. I feel more love and I feel more peace when I listen to her music. - Author: John Mackey

#24. A few nights in the open, my lord, a quiet time and peace. Yes, I admit I am glad. It was good, but it is also good to be alone. We need not hurry. At the end is a tomb. Do we need to rush toward it? It will wait. - Author: John Steinbeck

#25. All I wanted was to be left alone. They abhor a vacuum, other people. You find a quiet corner where you can hunker down in peace, and the next minute there they are, crowding around you in their party hats, tooting their paper whistles in your face and insisting you get up and join in the knees-up. - Author: John Banville

#26. I always befriended animals and have said many a good word for them. Even to the least-loved mosquitoes I gave many a meal, and told them to go in peace. - Author: John Muir

#27. How blessed is he, who leads a country life, Unvex'd with anxious cares, and void of strife! Who studying peace, and shunning civil rage, Enjoy'd his youth, and now enjoys his age: All who deserve his love, he makes his own; And, to be lov'd himself, needs only to be known. - Author: John Dryden

#28. Now more than ever the world needs love, not just a slogan. - Author: John Mellencamp

#29. There is a state of perfect peace with God which can be attained under imperfect obedience. - Author: John Owen

#30. Vermeer's woman reading a letter is as full of latent or subliminal kitsch as Tolstoy's War and Peace. - Author: John Bayley

#31. A healthy soul is whole and integrated. It is connected to God. A person with a healthy soul is at peace with God, with himself, and with other people. - Author: John Ortberg

#32. Political and social events must also be effective, but not in a very obvious fashion. But political confusion and prolonged peace undoubtedly affect creative thought but whether they respectively hinder or help it is not at all certain. - Author: John Desmond Bernal

#33. Peace is a conscious choice. - Author: John Denver

#34. Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and a new age of world unity and peace. - Author: John Boyd Orr

#35. Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly in, and silent chorus leads To the pervading symphony of Peace. - Author: John Greenleaf Whittier

#36. If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal. - Author: John Lennon

#37. So let us here resolve that Dag Hammarskjold did not live, or die, in vain. Let us call a truce to terror. Let us invoke the blessings of peace. And, as we build an international capacity to keep peace, let us join in dismantling the national capacity to wage war. - Author: John F. Kennedy

#38. Being a domestic man, John decidedly missed the wifely attentions he had been accustomed to receive, but as he adored his babies, he cheerfully relinquished his comfort for a time, supposing with masculine ignorance that peace would soon be restored. - Author: Louisa May Alcott

#39. We're trying to sell peace, like a product, you know, and sell it like people sell soap or soft drinks. And it's the only way to get people aware that peace is possible, and it isn't just inevitable to have violence. Not just war - all forms of violence. - Author: John Lennon

#40. We have arrived at the point where the public are right in thinking that John Prescott no longer serves a purpose in governing the country, only a purpose in trying to hold together the fragile peace in the Labour Party - Author: Andrew Lansley

#41. Broken sinners do not need instructions in ethics but a word from God that rescues them from the misery of their sin and restores them to peace with God through faith in His promises. - Author: John T. Pless

#42. Alas! dear Joy, the merriest, is dead. But I have wed Peace ; and our babe, a boy, New-born, is Joy. - Author: John B. Tabb

#43. It's hard to deny that an alarming number of those who stood for peace, not war, were either killed by deranged lone gunmen or else died in suspicious circumstances. We refer of course to the likes of JFK, Martin Luther King, Benazir Bhutto, Bobby Kennedy and John Lennon, to name but a few. - Author: James Morcan

#44. None of us condone terrorism in any way, shape, or form, and I believe Hezbollah is a terrorist organization that was, is, and remains a threat to peace in the Mideast, and must be dismantled and disarmed. - Author: John Conyers

#45. A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths. - Author: Greg Walden

#46. 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 live as one. - Author: John Lennon

#47. A day of peace and sharing can lead to greater understanding and cooperation among political parties, faith groups, and people of different races and economic class. - Author: John Conyers

#48. For me a corpse has a beauty and dignity which a living body could never hold ... there is a peace about death that soothes me. - Author: John Christie

#49. Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will be able to satisfy the world's expectations, for it will be a peace built on justice, a peace founded on the incomparable dignity of the free human being. - Author: Pope John Paul II

#50. A Newsweek poll said if the election were held today, John Kerry would beat Bush 49 percent to 46 percent. And today, President Bush called Newsweek magazine a threat to world peace. - Author: Jay Leno

#51. To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace and love, but he was a very violent character. - Author: Noel Gallagher

#52. There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities of life and believe that a change of the political and economic system will make them available. World peace must be based on world plenty. - Author: John Boyd Orr

#53. Jefferson reflected, "I think of her (a college infatuation) perhaps too much for my peace of mind. " Nevertheless, he was robbed of his considerable verbal powers when he got the chance to speak to the object of his affections. - Author: John Ferling

#54. I think the best part about my dad being gay is that I'm much more open-minded. I feel more at peace and I'm a good listener. I learned so much from (my dad's partner) John. How would I have turned out if this weren't my life? - Author: Judith E. Snow

#55. Do you think Lee's all right?'
'I'm praying my ass off.'
At that moment came the happiest sight I'd ever seen. A thin hand appeared out of the shovel, made a V sign or a peace sign-it was hard to tell in the dimness-and disappeared again. - Author: John Marsden

#56. When the population is filled with peace and harmony it ripens like fruit that turns to rot in a jiff if not preserved by change. - Author: John Lindberg

#57. Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history. - Author: John Bruton

#58. I did not stop to think that one wave is inevitably followed by another even larger and more powerful, when the tide is coming in. - Author: John Knowles

#59. Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. - Author: Pope John Paul II

#60. I enjoyed it when football crowds in the early days would sing 'All together now' - that was another one. I was also pleased when the movement in America took up 'Give peace a chance' because I had written it with that in mind really. - Author: John Lennon

#61. Imagine all of us living in peace, it's too beautiful to just be a dream. - Author: John Lennon

#62. I feel like a little tug in a great storm. But I'm fastened to a great ship on ahead. It's going into port and can't lose it's way. - Author: Patricia St. John

#63. I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully and magnanimously all the offices both private and public, of peace and war. - Author: John Milton

#64. Jesus didn't leave a material inheritance to His disciples. All He had when He died was a robe. But Jesus willed His followers something more valuable than gold. He willed us His peace. He said: "My peace I give to you; not as the world gives" [John 14:27 KJV]. - Author: Billy Graham

#65. The visual impact of a United States battleship springs from its ability to put Soviet ships on the bottom of the sea and to put devastating firepower ashore - nothing else. - Author: John Lehman

#66. A happy people I call them still, whose peace and genuine morals have not been contaminated with European vices; and whose errorsare only the errors of ignorance, and not the rooted depravity of a pretended civilization, and a spurious and mock Christianity. - Author: John Gabriel Stedman

#67. 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. - Author: John Foster Dulles

#68. We supplicate all rulers not to remain deaf to the cry of mankind. Let them do everything in their power to save peace. By so doing they will spare the world the horrors of a war that would have disastrous consequences, such as nobody can foresee. - Author: Pope John XXIII

#69. The obligation to earn one's bread presumes the right to do so. A society that denies this right cannot be justified, nor can it attain social peace. - Author: Pope John Paul II

#70. I spent a lot of time with President Mandela supporting his efforts in the peace process in Burundi. The thing that impressed me the most was his humility. - Author: John Prendergast

#71. Opting for peace does not mean a passive acquiescence to evil or compromise of principle. It demands an active struggle against hatred, oppression and disunity, but not by using methods of violence. Building peace requires creative and courageous action - Author: Pope John Paul II

#72. I'll give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind - Author: John Lennon

#73. The only way to build a peaceful community is to build men and women who are lovers and makers of peace. - Author: John Andreas Widtsoe

#74. Grant us safe lodging, and holy rest," Mrs. Grogan was saying, "and peace at last." Amen, thought Wilbur Larch, the Saint of St. Cloud's, who was seventy-something, and an ether addict, and who felt that he'd come a long way and still had a long way to go. - Author: John Irving

#75. For us Catholics, John Paul II will be remembered as a traveling Pope ... and we should also remember he preached world peace. When the United States invaded Iraq, for example, John Paul II said it was an illegal and immoral act. - Author: Hugo Chavez

#76. What deceived me was my own happiness; for peace is indivisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection inside me. - Author: John Knowles

#77. The United States and Israel have a unique relationship based on our mutual commitment to democracy, freedom, and peace. Therefore, just as our commitment to these principles must be steadfast, so must our support for Israel. - Author: John Boehner

#78. Pope John Paul, a man of peace and compassion, was one of the most revered leaders of our time. - Author: Bill Williams

#79. Difference is the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth, and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity. - Author: John Hume

#80. Do the strong cry every night for a month? she asked softly.
When they need to, I countered, clasping her hand. Women, Arjumand, women are taught that there's no strength in our tears. But why are one's tears powerless, if those tears lead to insight, or a sense of peace? - Author: John Shors

#81. So the more things stay the same, the more they change after all. - Author: John Knowles

#82. Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace ... Peace will be the last word of history. - Author: Pope John Paul II

#83. For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for mans allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to the future with ever increasing confidence. - Author: John F. Kennedy

#84. I am a stranger. I come in peace. Take me to your leader and there will be a massive reward for you in eternity. - Author: John Glenn

#85. And sometimes you need too much to know the facts, and so humbly and stupidly you stay. - Author: John Knowles

#86. I like doves. They look so beautiful, like a woman. For me they represent peace and love and purity. And sometimes they're seen as the messengers of God, so they're important to me because I'm a Christian. - Author: John Woo

#87. Making peace is often a simple thing, but simple isn't the same thing as easy. - Author: John Scalzi

#88. Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that 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 - Author: John Lennon

#89. What is so admirable in being ruled by a need for peace of mind ? - Author: John N. Gray

#90. Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat. - Author: John Ortberg

#91. I would have dearly liked to close the French doors between us for a bit of peace, but Mam wouldn't allow it; she said that solitude would give me ideas and the last thing a boy of my age needed was ideas. - Author: John Boyne

#92. In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration. - Author: John F. Kennedy

#93. I could not escape a feeling that this was my own funeral, and you do not cry in that case. - Author: John Knowles

#94. We can die by it, if not live by love, And if unfit for tombs and hearse Our legend be, it will be fit for verse; And if no peace of chronicle we prove, We'll build in sonnet pretty rooms; As well a well wrought urne becomes The greatest ashes, as half-acre tombs. - Author: John Donne

#95. It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings. - Author: John Steinbeck

#96. The nations of the world are becoming more and more dependent on one another and it will not be possible to preserve a lasting peace so long as glaring economic and social imbalances persist. - Author: Pope John XXIII

#97. Peace is a process - a way of solving problems. - Author: John F. Kennedy

#98. John the Skrull: (as Merlyn) "Here, listen. It's me, Merlyn, the magic man. There's no need for all this conflict, like. I command you to
"
Tink: "Suck my tits, you fairy fuckers!"
John the Skrull: "I was going to say 'give peace a chance' ... - Author: Paul Cornell

#99. Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith. - Author: Pope John Paul II

#100. Nuclear weapons are so destructive and ballistic missiles are so swift, that any substantially increased possibility of their use or any sudden change in their deployment may well be regarded as a definite threat to peace. - Author: John F. Kennedy