Peace
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- Silence is a great peacemaker.
- Silence never shows itself to so great an advantage as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation.
- Solitude with God repairs the damage done by the fret and noise and clamour of the world.
- Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer.
- Success isn’t measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.
- The best tranquilizer is a clear conscience.
- The calmer you are, the clearer you think.
- The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will always get ahead. Edwin Markham said, "At the heart of the cyclone tearing the sky is a place of central calm." The cyclone derives its power from a calm center. So does a person.
- The measure of wisdom is how calm you are when facing any given situation.
- The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good.
- The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.
- The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.
- There is no good in arguing with the inevitable.
- There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your great coat.
- There is no way to peace; peace is the way. There is no way to happiness; happiness is the way. If you are determined, you can do it with your breathing.
- There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in your expecting evil before it arrives?
- Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.
- To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.
- To do a certain amount of useful work every day, and not trouble about either the past or the future, is the highest wisdom.
- True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.Martin Luther King Jr.Sourced
- We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
- We cannot be happy if we expect to live all the time at the highest peak of intensity. Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.
- We lose the peace of years when we hunt after the rapture of moments.
- What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.
- What is success? It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace
- What's gone, and what's past help, should be past grief.
- When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.
- When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
- When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
- When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again.
- When you feel overwhelmed, start eliminating all the non-essential things from your life. Clarity brings calm.
- When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.
- Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith.
- Worry increases pressure; prayer releases peace.
- You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
- You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
- You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
- You do not at all understand my manner of life. Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry; because I never undertake any more work than I can go through with perfect calmness of spirit.
- You don't have to fight every battle. You don't have to respond to every critic. You don't have to be offended because of what others say. You can rise above these things and soar.
- You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.