Peace Quotes
“If we are to have real peace in the world, we will have to
begin with the children” ~Gandhi
The following peace quotes are divided according to age group and the themes of personal, relational, and global peace. These pages were created by Jessie Schneider, a senior in Early Childhood Education Major, in 2009.
Many of these quotations can be taught/discussed in over lapping grades as long as it is done in a developmentally appropriate mannor. It depends on the particular dynamics of the class being taught.
* = Written by students
Peace Quotes Early Childhood (Elementary Grades K-4)
Personal Peace
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, and names will also hurt me.” 
~Anonymous
“No person is angry that feels not themselves hurt.” ~Francis Bacon
“He who becomes angry becomes cool again.” ~Greek Proverb
“When a person points a finger at someone else, one should remember that three of the fingers are pointing to oneself.” ~Unknown
“Our manners and behaviors often speak louder than words.” ~Edward Hall
“Not right, not wrong, just different.” ~Hawaiian Proverb
“I will act as if what I do makes a difference.” ~William James
* “Peace is inside us; we just need to share it.” ~Jacoba Barber-Rozema, age 10
* “Peace makes everyone smile.” ~Sonika Ramachandran, age 7
* “When there is love there is peace.” ~Neil Wu, age 12
“You cannot shake hands with a clinched fist.” ~Gandhi
Friendship
“Peace is our gift to each other.” ~Elie Wiesl 
“Two persons cannot long be friends, if they cannot forgive each other's failings.”
~Bruyere
* “Peace means joy and love and share a toy with our enemies.” ~Valerie
* “I think peace is when you want to make friend and not fight.” ~Jeb
* “Peace means to care about everybody and not have fights.” ~Erin
* “Peace means having friends around the world.” ~Eisa Hayashi, age 11
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you make it plain you like people, it’s hard for them to resist liking you back.” ~Lois McMaster Bujold
Global Peace
* “I’m always so scared. Scared to come to school. I don’t want to be afraid anymore.” ~Johnny, age 11
* “Peace is something the world should share. It’s about loving, we dare to care.”
~Elmcrest Elementary School; Liverpool, NY
"If you want peace, stop fighting." ~Peter McWillimas
"Peace is not a season. It's a way of life."
~Anoymous
* “Peace is a nice thing we share. And it’s where you won’t have worries.” ~Abby
* “Peace is a sign of love. Peace is a sign of respect. Peace is a good thing.” ~Young Student
* “Peace brings the world together.” ~Aiishwariya Haran, age 9
Peace Quotes Middle Childhood (Junior High Grades 6-8)
Personal
“The important thing is to be capable of emotions, but to experience only one’s own would be a sorry limitation.” ~Andre Gide
“Everybody wants to change the world. Nobody wants to change themselves.” ~Leo Tolstoy
“You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.” ~Proverb
“One must learn to listen with ears, eyes, and the heart.” ~Chinese Proverb
“When you give into a negative peer pressure, you no longer are a free person.” ~Fran Schmidt
“What you do may seem insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.” ~Gandhi
* “Peace is the waves at sea. Peace must begin with you and me!”
~Gander Middle School, Canada
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” ~Gandhi
“If you want to make peace you don’t talk to your friend, you talk to your enemies.” ~Moshe Dayan
“How wonderful it is that no one needs to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~Anne Frank
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." ~Gandhi
“On our own we are glitter…together we shine.” ~Mitra Sen
“Remember the whole world changes when we do.” ~Unknown
“When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world.”
~Maha Ghasananda
“We need not to think alike to love alike.” ~Francis David
“He who has a thousand friends has not one to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.” ~Ali ibn-Abi-Talib
"All people want someone to listen." ~Hugh Elliott
Non-violence
“From violence comes more violence.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“When one group is threatened, everyone’s liberty is at stake.” ~Unknown
“A sword kills one, but a tongue kills thousands.” ~French Proverb
“Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak.” ~Cesar Chavez
“At the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love.”
~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“There was never a good war or a bad peace.” ~Benjamin Franklin
“There is no way to peace, peace is the way.” ~AJ Muste
“I object to violence because when is appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does is permanent.” ~Gandh
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” ~Isaac Asimor
“There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.” ~Muhammad Ali
Global Peace
“A mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
“We must never believe that diversity is a weakness. It is our greatest strength.” ~President Bill Clinton
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” ~Edmund Burke
* “As I look around the world I sigh, and think, we could at least give peace a try.” ~Exeter-West Greenwich Junior High
“Peace, like charity, begins at home.” ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The way of peace…Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.”
~Peace Pilgrim
“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today it means getting along with people.” ~Gandhi
“Why can’t peace be a single overriding common purpose; why do we wait for a crisis to pull us together? Let’s pull together for peace.” ~Rita Mae Brown
"There is no way to peace, peace is the way." ~AJ Muste
Peace Quotes High School (9th - 12th)
Personal Peace
“Mediators must be patient, understanding, and neutral enough to be trusted by both sides.” ~President Jimmy Carter
“A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. And each one of our thoughts, words, and deeds is like that.” ~Dorothy Day
“It is not 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
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the 
world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” ~Margaret Mead
“The peacemaker’s job is to settle differences through compromise and negotiation before they erupt into violence.” ~President Jimmy Carter
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” ~LAO TSE
“In war truth is the first casualty.” ~Unknown
“Peace is the only battle worth waging.” ~Albert Camus
“Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.”
~John F. Kennedy
“I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.” ~Mother Teresa
“The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“War making doesn’t stop war making. If it did, our problems would have stopped millennia ago.” ~Colman McCarthy
“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.” ~Jeanette Rankin
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” ~John F. Kennedy
“You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.” ~Albert Einstein
“The only way to win an atomic war is to make certain in never starts.” ~Omar Bradley
“Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.” ~W.L. George
“Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.” ~Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Global Peace
"A mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.” ~Adlai Stevenson
“Prejudice is the child of ignorance.” ~William Hazlitt
* “Why destroy when we could create, keep the peace, erase the hate.”
~Normal Community High School; Normal, IL
“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
~Albert Einstein
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.” ~Jimi Hendrix
“Peace is not a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King
“Let us embrace the beauty of every culture and faith to create peace in our world.” ~Mitra Sen
“I don’t want peace that passeth understanding. I want understanding which bringith peace.” ~Helen Keller
“Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.” ~Maria Montessori
