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Happy International Day of Peace Quotes:  Each year on September 21st, the world comes together to celebrate International Day of Peace. A day is commemorated to fight against violence and create harmony among nations and also within the country. The day is a reminder of peace, but also the absence of war, creating a world of mutual respect, compassion, and unity in the world and in our daily lives. To encourage this spirit and spread worldwide awareness. Here is a list of more than 65 inspiring awareness quotes to maintain world harmony.

Happy International Day Of Peace 2025: List Of 60+ Awareness Quotes For World Peace

1. "First, there must be order and harmony within your own mind. Then this order will spread to your family, then to the community, and finally to your entire kingdom. Only then can you have peace and harmony." - Confucius

2. "I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities." - Nelson Mandela

3. "Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge, and through humane ways." - Dalai Lama

4. "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. We’re all neighbours." - Frank Sinatra

5. "Only a few people seem to realise that social harmony and peace with nature, between people, and within the individual can only come about when the material and spiritual realms are reconciled." - Fethullah Gülen

6. "No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for ‘we’ are the only thinkers in our mind. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives." - Louise L. Hay

7. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King Jr.

8. "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." - Mother Teresa
9. "There is no way to peace. Peace is the way." - A.J. Muste

10. "Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding." - Albert Einstein

11. "Peace begins when the hunger for power ends." - Unknown

12. "A world at peace begins with hearts at peace." - Unknown

13. "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

14. "Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." - Desmond Tutu

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15. "The path to peace is paved with empathy, understanding, and love." - Unknown

16. "He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe." - Marcus Aurelius
17. "A people free to choose will always choose peace." - Ronald Reagan

18. "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." - Mahatma Gandhi

19. "Where there is harmony, there is peace." - Unknown

20. "Harmony and balance are the keys to inner peace." - Unknown

21. "The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege." - Charles Kuralt

22. "Where there is love, there is harmony." - Unknown

23. "Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product." - Eleanor Roosevelt

24. "If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things." - Albert Einstein

25. "True happiness arises from the enjoyment of one’s self." - Joseph Addison

26. "Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions." - Dalai Lama

27. "Harmony is the basis of friendship." - Confucius

28. "In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln

29. "Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony." - Thomas Merton

30. "Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace." - Albert Schweitzer

31. "Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible." - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

32. "Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited, you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace." - Thich Nhat Hanh

33. "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

34. "There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.'" - Mahatma Gandhi

35. "If peace can only come through killing someone, then I don't want it." - Hiro Mashima

36. "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." - Confucius

37. "Peace begins with a smile." - Mother Teresa

38. "Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means." - Ronald Reagan

39. "Peace is our gift to each other." - Elie Wiesel

40. "Ignorance is a menace to peace." - Paul Harris

41. "Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn’t have as many monuments to unveil." - Kin Hubbard

42. "You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men." - David Lloyd George

43. "There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men." - Black Elk

44. "Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable." - Anna Julia Cooper

45. "If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another." - Mahatma Gandhi

46. "Community responsibility results in peace." - Katy Payne

47. "Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people." - Jawaharlal Nehru

48. "The beauty of peace is in trying to find solutions together." - Dekha Ibrahim Abdi

49. "Unless we teach children peace, someone else will teach them violence." - Colman McCarthy

50. "There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children." - Kofi Annan

51. "Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there." - Dalai Lama

52. "Rest and be thankful." - William Wordsworth

53. "We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds." - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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54. "To live in harmony is to live in balance." - Lailah Gifty Akita

55. "Live life in full bloom and harmony." - Melanie Koulouris

56. "The essence of life is finding the right balance." - Unknown

57. "Peace and love are the seeds; when nurtured, they bloom into a world where kindness knows no boundaries." - Unknown

58. "Do not underestimate the power of kindness in creating a peaceful world." - Unknown

59. "True peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice." - Unknown

60. "The more love you give, the more peace you create." - Unknown

61. "The path to peace is paved with empathy, understanding, and love." - Unknown

The above-mentioned quotes are a reminder that peace begins with us and it expands through kindness, empathy, justice, and respect for each other. By maintaining harmony within our minds, words, and actions, we can build a better world together, where every voice is heard and every heart is at peace. Happy International Day of Peace 2025, and do question yourself about what steps you can take today to bring more harmony to the world, even if it's just being kind to each other?