This post contains some of the best protect your peace quotes.
Protect Your Peace Quotes
1. “A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and, further, can even enable a change in the destiny of all humankind.” ― Daisaku Ikeda
2. “Above all guard your heart for everything you do flows from it.” – unknown
3. “Always ask yourself: “What will happen if I say nothing?” ― Kamand Kojouri
4. “Always say ‘my peace is more important’ when you find yourself reacting to something that doesn’t deserve your energy.” – Idil Ahmed
5. “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” —Mahatma Gandhi
6. “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
7. “Avoiding certain people to protect your emotional health is not a weakness. It’s wisdom.” – unknown
8. “Be selective in your battles. Sometimes peace is better than being right.” — Unknown
9. “Be so grounded with your peace that no one can disturb it.” – unknown
10. “Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.” ― Buddha
11. “Choose. The single clenched fist lifted and ready, or the open hand, held out and waiting. Choose: For we meet by one or the other.” — Carl Sandburg
12. “Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.” ― Amelia Earhart
13. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
14. “Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace… Peace will be the last word of history.” ― Pope John Paul II
15. “Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.” – Dalai Lama
16. “Do not look for happiness outside yourself. The awakened seek happiness inside.” ― Peter Deunov
17. “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” —Desmond Tutu
18. “Don’t let anyone disturb your peace.” – Sharda Solanke
19. “Don’t let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace.” – Kimberly Jones
20. “Don’t protect your heart by acting like you don’t have one.” – unknown
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21. “Don’t search for anything except peace. Try to calm the mind. Everything else will come on its own.” —Baba Hari Das
22. “Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.” —Thich Nhat Hanh
23. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” — Leo Tolstoy
24. “First, keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others” – Thomas Kempis
25. “For though my faith is not yours and your faith is not mine, if we are each free to light our own flame, together we can banish some of the darkness of the world.” — Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
26. “Forgive, not because they deserve your forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.” – unknown
27. “Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.” — Alfred Nobel
28. “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” ― Melody Beattie
29. “Guard your heart. Protect your peace. Know your worth.” – unknown
30. “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. ” — William Shakespeare
31. “I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.” ― Henry Fielding
32. “I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.” ― Helen Keller
33. “I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
34. “I think it’s naive to pray for world peace if we’re not going to change the form in which we live.” — Godfrey Reggio
35. “I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.” — Sylvia Plath
36. “If it costs you your peace it’s too expensive.” – unknown
37. “If peace can only come through killing someone, then I don’t want it.” ― Hiro Mashima
38. “If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. ” — Winston Churchill
39. “If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations. When there is order in the nations, there will peace in the world.” ― Confucius
40. “If there’s no inner peace, people can’t give it to you. The husband can’t give it to you. Your children can’t give it to you. You have to give it to you.” — Linda Evans
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41. “If you are depressed you are living in the past if you are anxious you are living in the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present.” —Lao Tzu
42. “If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.” ― Marvin Gaye
43. “If you don’t know the guy on the other side of the world, love him anyway because he’s just like you. He has the same dreams, the same hopes and fears. It’s one world, pal. We’re all neighbors.” — Frank Sinatra
44. “If you have a common purpose and an environment in which people want to help others succeed, the problems will be fixed quickly.” — Alan Mulally
45. “If you love me as you say you do,” she whispered, “Make it so that I am at peace.” ― Leo Tolstoy
46. “If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts” – Peter McWilliams
47. “If you want to end the war, then instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending tanks, send pens. Instead of sending soldiers, send teachers. ”— Malala Yousafzai
48. “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” — Nelson Mandela
49. “If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. ” -Desmond Tutu
50. “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.” —John Lennon
51. “In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.” — Deepak Chopra
52. “In this world, whenever there is light, there are also shadows. As long as the concept of winners exist, there must also be losers. The selfish desire of wanting to maintain peace causes wars and hatred is born to protect love.” ― Masashi Kishimoto
53. “Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.” ― Gerald G. Jampolsky
54. “Inner Peace Tip: You don’t have to attend every argument you’re invited to” – Priya Florence Shah
55. “Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed – but hate these things in yourself, not in another.” ― Thomas Merton
56. “It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters,” ― Amit Ray
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57. “It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.” ― Aristotle
58. “It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
59. “Language is the key to the heart of people.” ― Ahmed Deedat
60. “Learn to be done. Not mad, not bothered. Just done. Protect your peace at all costs.” – unknown
61. “Learning to distance yourself from all the negativity is one of the greatest lessons to achieve inner peace.” ― Roy T. Bennett
62. “Let go of the thoughts that don’t make you strong. — Karen Salmansohn
63. “Let go of the thoughts that don’t make you strong.” —Karen Salmansohn
64. “Love is the purest form of a soul at peace.” ― Matthew Donnelly
65. “Make peace with your broken pieces. ” — Unknown
66. “Many people think excitement is happiness…. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh
67. “Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. ” – Saint Francis de Sales
68. “Never feel guilty for protecting your heart.” – Bridgett Devoue
69. “Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it. Don’t allow his anger to become your anger.” – Bohdi Sanders
70. “Never worry what others say when you walk away from all the drama. Be grateful you had the strength and courage to stay out of the conflict and be at peace with your choices.” – Elle Sommer
71. “Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
72. “Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
73. “Not everyone deserves access to you.” – unknown
74. “Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division.” — Congressman John Lewis
75. “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
76. “Nothing can disturb your peace of mind unless you allow it to.” – Roy T. Bennett
77. “Nothing external to you has any power over you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
78. “Of all our dreams today, there is none more important—or so hard to realize—than that of peace in the world.” — Lester B. Pearson
79. “Only art and music have the power to bring peace.” — Yoko Ono
80. “Peace begins with a smile.” —Mother Teresa
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81. “Peace brings with it so many positive emotions that it is worth aiming for in all circumstances.” —Estella Eliot
82. “Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.” — Mark Twain
83. “Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
84. “Peace cannot be kept by force it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein
85. “Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contribute the best that they have and all that they are. ” — Hafsat Abiola
86. “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” ― Siddhārtha Gautama
87. “Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.” —John F. Kennedy
88. “Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an ‘is,’ it is a ‘becoming.’” — Haile Selassie
89. “Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.” —Lyndon B. Johnson
90. “Peace is always beautiful.” ― Walt Whitman
91. “Peace is costly, but it is worth the expense.” — African proverb
92. “Peace is liberty in tranquility. ” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
93. “Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.” — Ezra Taft Benson
94. “Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.” ― Laini Taylor
95. “Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means. ” -Ronald Reagan
96. “Peace is not absence of conflict; it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” — President Ronald Reagan
97. “Peace is not only better than war but infinitely more arduous.” ― George Bernard Shaw
98. “Peace is not something you wish for, it is something you make, something you are, something you do and something you give away.” ― Robert Fulghum
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99. “Peace is not the highest goal in life. It is the most fundamental requirement.” — Sadhguru
100. “Peace is our gift to each other.” — Elie Wiesel
101. “Peace is something we must all work for, every day, in every country.” — Ban Ki-moon
102. “Peace is such hard work. Harder than war. It takes way more effort to forgive than to kill.” ― Rae Carson
103. “Peace is the first thing the angels sang.” — John Keble
104. “Peace is the only battle worth waging. ” ― Albert Camus
105. “Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.” —Wayne W. Dye
106. “Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.” — Edwin Louis Cole
107. “Peace of mind for five minutes, that’s what I crave.” —Alanis Morissette
108. “Peace only comes from accepting the inevitable and taming our desires.” — The Ancient Sage
109. “Peace, which costs nothing, is attended with infinitely more advantage than any victory with all its expense.” — Thomas Paine
110. “Preserve your energy for the things that matter, not the things that don’t. – unknown
111. “Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. ” — Christian D. Larson
112. “Protect her heart and she will love you… wholeheartedly.” – unknown
113. “Protecting your peace includes denying access to people who bring negative energy into your life.” – unknown
114. “Remaining in the wrong environment will not only drain your energy, but it will hurt your soul.” – Caitlin Gibson
115. “Rest and be thankful.” ― William Wordsworth
116. “Run to the rescue with love, and peace will follow.” — River Phoenix
117. “Save your energy, protect your light, fuel your fire.” – unknown
118. “Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending and hanging on.” – Eckhart Tolle
119. “Sometimes we just have to protect our own peace to enjoy ourselves.” – Shaneika Marie
120. “Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They’re just reminders to stay … calm.” —Yves Behar
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121. “Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” — John Wooden
122. “Surround yourself with love. Protect your heart with peace. Live your life in light.” – Alex Elle
123. “The best fighter is never angry.” ― Lao Tzu
124. “The day I understood everything, was the day I stopped trying to figure everything out. The day I knew peace was the day I let everything go.” — C. JoyBell C.
125. “The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.” -Norman Vincent Peale
126. “The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.” ― Thomas à Kempis
127. “The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.”— Golda Meir
128. “The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.” ― Marianne Williamson
129. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” — Edith Wharton
130. “There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely. ” — Ugo Betti
131. “There is no way to peace, peace is the way.” ― J. Muste
132. “There is no ‘way to peace,’ there is only ‘peace.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
133. “There is peace even in the storm.” ― Vincent van Gogh
134. “There never was a good war or a bad peace.” — Benjamin Franklin
135. “Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.” – William Hazlitt
136. “Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.” — Buddha
137. “To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness” — Robert Muller
138. “To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.”― J. Krishnamurti
139. “Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.” ― Albert Schweitzer
140. “We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.” — Thomas Merton
141. “We don’t realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
142. “We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.” ― Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
143. “We will know peace the day we truly know ourselves.” — Maxime Lagacé
144. “We will not have peace by afterthought.” — Norman Cousins
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145. “Whatever we are waiting for – peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance – it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach
146. “When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.” —Jimi Hendrix
147. “When things change inside you, things change around you.” —Unknown
148. “When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again.” ― Roy T. Bennett
149. “When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.” — Peace Pilgrim
150. “When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world.”— Maha Ghosananda
151. “Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?” ― David Baldacci
152. “Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be acheived unless we first establish peace within our own minds. We can send so-called ‘peacekeeping forces’ into areas of conflict, but peace cannot be oppossed from the outside with guns. Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others to do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world.” ― Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
153. “Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
154. “World peace can be achieved when, in each person, the power of love replaces the love of power.” — Sri Chinmoy
155. “World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.” ― Dalai Lama XIV
156. “Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace.” ― Randy Armstrong
157. “You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.” — Joseph B. Wirthlin
158. “You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” — Malcolm X
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159. “You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” ― Michael Cunningham
160. “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”― Indira Gandhi
161. “You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.” ― Eckhart Tolle
162. “You have everything you need for complete peace and total happiness right now.” ― Wayne W. Dyer
163. “You have peace when you make it with yourself.” ― Mitch Albom
164. “You have peace,” the old woman said, “when you make it with yourself.” ― Mitch Albom
165. “You have the power to protect your peace.” – unknown
166. “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.” ― John Lennon
167. “You should feel beautiful and you should feel safe. What you surround yourself with should bring you peace of mind and peace of spirit. ” – Stacy London
168. “You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.” —J. Donald Walters
169. “You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.” -C. JoyBell C.
170. “You’ll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart. ” – George Michael
171. “Your energy is sacred. Protect your peace.” – unknown
172. “Your energy is worth protecting.” – unknown
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