Quotes About Peacemakers

#1. The good people of this world are very far from being satisfied with each other and my arms are the best peacemakers." - Samuel Colt, 1852

Chris Kyle

#2. You have to build your credentials as a candidate, not just as a woman. You also have to be willing to exercise power. We've been educated to be mothers, peacemakers, but we must learn that we can't please everybody.

Madeleine M. Kunin

#3. If we follow the example of Jesus Christ and become true peacemakers, that flood of love will cover the earth as with a blanket.

Theodore M. Burton

#4. 9Blessed are c the peacemakers, for d they shall be called e sons [1] of God.

Anonymous

#5. I couldn't fight the urge to close my eyes, to match my breathing to his. And I was flooded with a feeling that couldn't be serenity. Because Peacemakers were never meant to know real peace.

S.A. McAuley

#6. You can't cure trauma when violence is ongoing, so the primary effort must be working for peace. You can't negotiate a lasting peace without bringing women into the effort, but women can't become peacemakers without releasing the pain that keeps them from feeling their own strength.

Leymah Gbowee

#7. But whom could I resent?...the wheel of history turned by those war- and peacemakers whom I did not know?

Uyen Nicole Duong

#8. Women ... have long been discouraged from the awareness and forthright expression of anger. Sugar and spice are the ingredients from which we are made. We are the nurturers, the soothers, the peacemakers, and the steadiers of rocked boats.

Harriet Lerner

#9. We're fragile things, Harb. It doesn't look like it but we are. We're here one minute, and just like that, we're gone. The Peacemakers (The Nemesis Engines)

Olivier A. Blanchard

#10. Blessed are the peacemakers; theirs is the kingdom of heaven

Leo Tolstoy

#11. Peacemakers not only live, they rule life.

Baltasar Gracian

#12. Americans rightly, but sometimes excessively, celebrate every person in uniform as a hero, but seldom honor the difficult and often dangerous work being done day after day by members of our diplomatic corps. Warriors capture the popular imagination more easily than peacemakers.

David Horsey

#13. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall take flack from both sides.- Unofficial UN Motto

Robert Asprin

#14. As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself ... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.

Nelson Mandela

#15. The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father's portion?

Bernard Of Clairvaux

#16. If we take a small step in extolling peacemakers as much as honoring war heroes, we will be making a giant leap towards peace.

Newton Lee

#17. The elderly man from the ashram, explained to me, if the villagers wanted peace, they would feed and house the peacemakers. If they didn't want peace, no outsiders could help anyway. As we started on our journey, I noticed that without possessions, I felt oddly free.

Gloria Steinem

#18. There is a myth that the purpose of education is to give one the means for upward mobility and success. The plain truth is that the planet does not need more successful people. But it does need desperately more peacemakers, healers, restorers, story tellers, and lovers of every shape and form.

David W. Orr

#19. Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.

Daisaku Ikeda

#20. Blessed are the peacemakers? Billed are the warmongers, and then you shall have peace.

Stefan Molyneux

#21. Blessed are the peacemakers, and one sure way of peacemaking is to let the fire of contention alone. Neither fan it, nor stir it, nor add fuel to it, but let it go out by itself. Begin your ministry with one blind eye and one deaf ear.

Charles Spurgeon

#22. Benedict and Bernard and the other true monastic peacemakers of history have been effective because they have acted from a deep source of peace within themselves, dating a context for peace. This is the contribution a Christian man or woman of peace can make.

M. Basil Pennington

#23. Cultures that may seem as durable as stone can break like glass, leaving all the things that held them together unattended. I believe that the craftsman, the artist, the cook, and the silversmith are peacemakers. They instill grace; they lull the world to calm.

Anthony Shadid

#24. But how shall I, unless you yourselves be also the peacemakers, nay, the lovers of all your elements?

Kahlil Gibran

#25. Jesus said, 'Blessed are the peacemakers.' And I think a lot of people don't understand that there's a difference between a peace lover and a peacemaker. Everybody loves peace, but wearing jewelry around your neck and saying 'I love peace' doesn't bring it.

Mike Huckabee

#26. We like to think of women as peacemakers, not purveyors of violence.

Nina Easton

#27. Necessity
thou best of peacemakers, As well as surest prompter of invention.

Walter Scott

#28. 9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Anonymous

#29. ...literary translators are the interpreters of human values - and the true peacemakers.

Margaret Obank

#30. Blessed are the peacemakers on earth.

William Shakespeare

#31. The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.

Dalai Lama

#32. We are peacemakers but we are also army of Christ

Sunday Adelaja

#33. As peacemakers, we must resist all the powers of war and destruction and proclaim that peace is the divine gift offered to all who affirm life. Resistance means saying 'No' to all the forces of death, wherever they may be.

Henri Nouwen

#34. The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders ... tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.

Hermann Goring

#35. But this anti-war protest, is far from a success; it is just a placebo for the people. These peacemakers feel so satisfied, gratified; gay-gallant-and-gleeful. But they do not achieve anything acceptable, perceptible; or peaceful.

Joss Sheldon

#36. 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,' while not nearly the masterpiece proclaimed by many critics, is certainly a fascinating cross-species: a big-budget summer action fantasy with a sylvan, indie-film vibe, and a war movie that dares ask its audience to root for the peacemakers.

Richard Corliss

#37. Make peace with yourself and you make peace with the world. - Charmainism

Charmaine Smith Ladd

#38. All bombing is terrorism.

Suzy Kassem

#39. Leaders should always be the initiators of reconciliation.

Adam LiVecchi

#40. Languages connect us and break down barriers when we unite to nurture the best in us and help each other succeed. Happy International Mother Language Day!

Widad Akreyi

#41. When it comes to peace, we need to facilitate peace-makers' personal engagement and their genuine desire to bridge the gap between advocacy knowledge and skills necessary to differentiate between theory and practice in the field of conflict management.

Widad Akreyi

#42. On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, I salute every individual who honors the core values of his legacy, making him proud of humanity.

Widad Akreyi