Today I’m sharing these peace of mind quotes that will inspire tranquility, happiness, and positivity. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

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I hope these quotes help you feel inner peace!
  1. “Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.” — Buddha
  2. “Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.” — Dalai Lama
  3. “Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.” ― Laini Taylor
  4. “Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
  5. “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
  6. “The less you want, the richer you are.” — Yanni
  7. “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.” — Dalai Lama
  8. “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
  9. “There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.” — James Carroll
  10. “Peace begins with a smile.” — Mother Teresa
  11. “Nothing can disturb your peace of mind unless you allow it to.” ― Roy T. Bennett
  12. “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
  13. “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
  14. “The only thing that belongs to us is the time.” — Seneca
  15. “We don’t realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace.” — Elizabeth Gilbert
  16. “Breath is the power behind all things…. I breathe in and know that good things will happen.” — Tao Porchon-Lynch
  17. “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
  18. “Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.” ― Criss Jami, Salomé
  19. “You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” ― Michael Cunningham
  20. “The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.” — Norman Vincent Peale
  21. “Anger is the ultimate destroyer of peace of mind.” — Dalai Lama
  22. “Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives.” — Marcus Aurelius
  23. “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
  24. “Peace of mind for five minutes, that’s what I crave.” —Alanis Morissette
  25. “The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.” ― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions
  26. “Inner peace is beyond victory or defeat.” ― Bhagavad Gita
  27. “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
  28. “So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.” ― Christopher McCandless
  29. “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
  30. “If you knew your potential to feel good, you would ask no one to be different so that you can feel good. You would free yourself of all of that cumbersome impossibility of needing to control the world, or control your mate, or control your child. You are the only one who creates your reality. For no one else can think for you, no one else can do it. It is only you, every bit of it you.” ― Esther Hicks
  31. “The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh
  32. “When things change inside you, things change around you.” — Unknown
  33. “To find peace of, you have to be willing to lose your connection with people, places and things that create all the noise.” — Anonymous
  34. “Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give – pleasure, possessions, power – but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.” — Dada Vaswani
  35. “I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.” — Sylvia Plath
  36. “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” ― Albert Einstein
  37. “When God takes out the trash, don’t go digging back through it. Trust Him.” ― Amaka Imani Nkosazana
  38. “Peace is the only battle worth waging.” ― Albert Camus
  39. “Peace is liberty in tranquility.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
  40. “People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things – to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.” — Zig Ziglar
  41. “Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.” —Ziggy Marley
  42. “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
  43. “Nothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.” ― Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
  44. “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
  45. “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
  46. “Make peace of mind your priority.” — Anonymous
  47. “There are things I still criticize myself heavy for. There are days I have to pick myself back up, but that, to me, is success; it’s getting to both sides: physical and the spiritual, mental. Just peace. Peace of mind.” — Jessie Reyez
  48. “Give your stress wings and let it fly away.” —Terri Guillemets
  49. “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” ― Siddhārtha Gautama
  50. “When we free ourselves from the chaos enclosed in the surrounding rigid social structure, we can find peace of mind and still our hunger for knowledge and understanding. If we follow the rhythm of our heartbeat, we can quench our thirst for meaning in life and encounter an array of soothing vibrations of wellbeing. (“A handful of dust”)” ― Erik Pevernagie
  51. “Many people think excitement is happiness… But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh
  52. “Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They’re just reminders to stay … calm.” — Yves Behar
  53. “Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.” — Gerald Jampolsky
  54. “Love and peace of mind do protect us. They allow us to overcome the problems that life hands us. They teach us to survive… to live now… to have the courage to confront each day.” — Bernie Siegel
  55. “You’ll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.” —George Michael
  56. “Learning to distance yourself from all the negativity is one of the greatest lessons to achieve inner peace.” ― Roy T. Bennett
  57. “Stay away from conflictive, negative people that pull you down, because they contaminate your energy and impede your progress. Search for people who look at the world with optimism, that inspire you, make you happy and provide peace of mind.” ― Pablo
  58. “Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.”― Eckhart Tolle
  59. “Don’t search for anything except peace. Try to calm the mind. Everything else will come on its own.” — Baba Hari Das
  60. “Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.” — Christian D. Larson
  61. “The measure of success is happiness and peace of mind.” — Bobby Davro
  62. “Peace can become a lens through which you see the world. Be it. Live it. Radiate it out. Peace is an inside job.” – Wayne Dyer
  63. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  64. “Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective.” ― Germany Kent
  65. “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
  66. “Let go of the thoughts that don’t make you strong.” — Karen Salmansohn
  67. “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
  68. “To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.” — George Ade
  69. “If we suffer from dependent happiness, we are caught up in a vicious circle of expectation and deception. Constantly seeking more and never feeling truly satisfied makes people crabby and edgy instead of finding a skyline to living up to peace of mind. (“The infinite Wisdom of Meditation“)” ― Erik Pevernagie
  70. “There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.” ― Shannon L. Alder
  71. “Love and peace of mind do protect us. They allow us to overcome the problems that life hands us. They teach us to survive, to live now, to have the courage to confront each day.” ― Bernie Siegel
  72. “I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It’s not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It’s the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is ‘Delete.” ― Elayne Boosler
  73. “Your mind can be your enemy or friend. If you always follow your heart, your mind will feel neglected. If you follow only your mind, your heart will never forgive you. Never ignore your conscience, yet always be conscious of reason. Make your heart and mind friends and you will have peace of mind throughout life’s seasons.” ― Suzy Kassem
  74. “It’s important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life.” ― Roy T. Bennett
  75. “Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace.” ― Randy Armstrong
  76. “Sometimes amid all the chaos you have to calm yourself, go within, ask what’s important, breathe.” ― Brendon Burchard
  77. “Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  78. “Happiness is a choice. Peace is a state of mind. Both are free!” ― Amy Leigh Mercree
  79. “Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.” ― Criss Jami
  80. “Peace of mind is found when you stop judging yourself and stop judging others. Aspire to what you were born into and don’t let the limitations of your family background reduce the height of your potential.” — Kemmy Nola
  81. “There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.” — John Wooden
  82. “Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love light and compassion. Life will be beautiful.”― Amit Ray
  83. “One’s mind finds no peace, neither enjoys pleasure or delight, nor goes to sleep, nor feels secure while the dart of hatred is stuck in the heart.”― Buddha
  84. “For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson
  85. “Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
  86. “There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life, happiness, freedom, and peace of mind — are always attained by giving them to someone else.” ― Peyton C. March
  87. “Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.” ― Richard M. DeVos
  88. “You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.”― Eckhart Tolle
  89. “Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.” — Christian D. Larson
  90. “For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe.” — Larry Eisenberg
  91. “The best thing you can ever have is peace of mind, it is a basking fire to keep a cold heart in warmth, and a fortified confidence to be proud of.” — Michael Bassey Johnson
  92. “When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.” — George Harrison
  93. “If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.” ― Amit Ray
  94. “Living a life of honesty creates peace of mind, and peace of mind is priceless.” ― Marc And Angel
  95. “Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.” ― Dalai Lama
  96. “Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.” ― Bryant McGill
  97. “Peace of mind is clearly an internal matter. It must begin with your own thoughts and then extend outward. It is from your peace of mind that a peaceful perception of the world arises.” ― Anonymous
  98. “If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts.” ― Anonymous
  99. “Maturity is learning to walk away from people and situations that threaten your peace of mind, self-respect, values, morals or self-worth.” ― Anonymous
  100. “Never seize to constantly remind yourself that your positive thoughts and beliefs are the pillars of your peace of mind.” — Edmond Mbiaka
  101. “Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.” — Brian Tracy
  102. “Do not confuse peace of mind with spaced-out insensitivity. A truly peaceful mind is very sensitive, very aware.” — Tenzin Gyatso
  103. “Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one’s level of peace of mind.” — Sidney Madwed
  104. “Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.” — Lin Yutang
  105. “Peace of mind is attained not by ignoring problems, but by solving them.” — Raymond Hull

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