Famous Quotes & Sayings

Philip James Bailey

All things that speak of heaven speak of peace.

Philip James Bailey

The goodness of the heart is shown in deeds Of peacefulness and kindness. Hand and heart Are one thing with the good, as thou should'st be. Do my words trouble thee? then treasure them, Pain overgot gives peace, as death doth Heaven. All things that speak of Heaven speak of peace.

Petro Poroshenko

We are for peace, but we accept the challenge of the enemy. We will protect our motherland.

Petro Poroshenko

Our approach is very simple we have nothing to negotiate ... We have the Minsk format and we need immediately just a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy artillery and weapons and tanks from the touchline, the solution is very simple - stop supplying weapons ... withdraw the troops and close the border. Very simple peace plan. If you want to discuss something different, it means you are not for peace, you are for war.

Petra Kelly

These missiles [Cruise and Pershing II] represent a new generation of missiles whose deployment will help give NATO first-strike capability. With this first-strike strategy, the West believes it could attack Russian military installations with such effectiveness that serious retaliation would be impossible.

Marianne Moore

War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized.

Max Lucado

Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.

May Sarton

Whatever peace I know rests in the natural world, in feeling myself a part of it, even in a small way.

Matthew Henry

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.

Matthew Henry

What peace can they have who are not at peace with God?

Matthew Henry

Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.

Maya Angelou

Effective action is always unjust.

Maya Angelou

Look heavenward and speak the word aloud. Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud. Peace.

Maya Angelou

Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.

Maya Angelou

Exchange love for hate...Thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.

Mahmoud Abbas

destructive policy toward the truce and the peace process.

Mahmoud Abbas

a person who has got the will to work for peace.

Probably not 'War and Peace,' but probably a lot of sports clips,

John Cullen

People come here for peace and quiet, ... They come to be refreshed or to take stock of their lives.

Richard Foreman

There's been a lot of speculation, one way or the other, on the peace process

Ariel Sharon

a better peace, a realistic peace, a different way.

Georg Buchner

They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.

Paul Mooney

A lot of soldiers flashed each other peace signs ... but it wasn't the most popular outlook.

They outnumbered us. We had a peaceful vigil off campus. The second day, there were even more police.

Saeb Erekat

The way to peace and stability is through an end to occupation,

It's a journey. Peace is something you do on a moment-by-moment basis.

This (peace bid) will be a turning point and will give us a signal whether the problem is going to get better or worse.

Ilham Aliyev

There will be clashes or peaceful demonstrations, ... under very tense conditions.

Saeb Erekat

This is a real setback for the peace process.

S. I. Hayakawa

We should keep [the Panama Canal]. After all, we stole it fair and square.

Ronald Reagan

I'm beginning to wonder if the symbol of the United States pretty soon isn't going to be an ambassador with a flag under his arm climbing into an escape helicopter.

Ronald Reagan

When PLO sniper fire is followed by 14 hours of Israeli bombardment, that's stretching the definition of defensive action too far.

Ronald Reagan

The true lesson of the Vietnam War is: certainty of purpose and ruthlessness of execution win wars.