Quotes about Peace

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihoodthe virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

Peace is normally a great good, and normally it coincides with righteousness, but it is righteousness and not peace which should bind the conscience of a nation as it should bind the conscience of an individual; and neither a nation nor an individual can surrender conscience to another's keeping.

Love of peace is common among weak, short-sighted, timid, and lazy persons; and on the other hand courage is found among many men of evil temper and bad character. Neither quality shall by itself avail.

If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness.

The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.

In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro. (Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)

He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. He will easily be content and pacified, whose conscience is pure. You are not holier if you are praised, nor the more worthless if you are found fault with. What you are, that you are; neither by word can you be made greater than what you are in the sight of God.

Nergens heb ik meer rust gevonden dan in bossen en boeken.

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

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