Who Wants Peace on Earth? 19 Top-notch Peace Quotes

Who wants peace on earth? Every parent with young children, and many grade school classroom teachers can relate to the need for a little peace and quiet. If noisy children tend to upset your serenity, going to Chuck E Cheese for lunch is not the place to be. How about when you are trying to sleep and a neighbor's music sounds like a live band is playing next door? Seems everywhere we go, we are bombarded with noise that takes away our feeling of tranquility. These are good times to remember this quote about peace:

#1 "Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me." Seymour Miller & Jill Jackson

If you desire peace on earth, learning to deal with the irritations and frustrations that we all face everyday, is a good place to begin. Every minute you are angry is 60 seconds when you could be happy. Pick your anger! Look at it this way: here comes that tsunami wave, do you want your last moments on earth to be filled with your ranting and raving about little things? The children will quiet down, the neighbors will turn off the music. Eventually. Take a deep breath and wait it out. If you want peace on earth, think of this quote:

#2 "First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others." Thomas A. Kempis

The Dutch have an expression:

#3 "It is better to keep peace than to make peace."

Attitudes are contagious. What happens when someone yells at you? Usually "a word causing pain, makes anger come up" (Proverbs 15:1, Bible). If we can learn that "an answer when mild turns away rage", resonding quietly when our peace is disrupted by angy words, we just might create an attitude worth spreading. Buddha pointed out:

#4 "Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace."

Endeavor to "keep your words tender and sweet, for tomorrow, you may have to eat them" is an expression worth listening to! But, "who wants peace on earth?", you might ask. Here are two quotes that will tell you why world peace is a good aspiration:

#5 "Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind" John F. Kennedy

#6 "Either war is obsolete or men are." R. Buckminster Fuller