Top 92 Most Inspiring Quotes on Serenity (PEACE)

Top 11 Relaxing Quotes on Serenity

“Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don’t forget when you leave why you came.”
Adlai Stevenson II

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. - Reinhold Niebuhr — God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot **change**, the **courage** to change the things I can, and the **wisdom** to know the difference. – Reinhold Niebuhr

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity. - Thich Nhat Hanh — Every **breath** we take, every step we make, can be filled with **peace**, joy and serenity. – **Thich Nhat Hanh**

“Serenity is the balance between good and bad, life and death, horrors and pleasures. Life is, as it were, defined by death. If there wasn’t death of things, then there wouldn’t be any life to celebrate.”
Norman Davies

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery. - Luis Barragan — I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery. – Luis Barragan

Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good. - Johnny Miller — Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good. – Johnny Miller

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
Lao Tzu

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. - Reinhold Niebuhr — The final **wisdom** of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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 — 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**

“To become mindfully aware of our surroundings is to bring our thinking back to our present moment reality and to the possibility of some semblance of serenity in the face of circumstances outside our ability to control.”
Jeff Kober

Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm. - S A Jefferson-Wright — Serenity is not **freedom** from the storm, but peace amid the storm. – S A Jefferson-Wright

17 Quotes on Serenity To Improve Your Way of Living

“Habit allows us to go from ‘before’ to ‘after,’ to make life easier and better. Habit is notorious – and rightly so – for its ability to direct our actions, even against our will; but by mindfully shaping our habits, we can harness the power of mindlessness as a sweeping force for serenity, energy, and growth.”
Gretchen Rubin

Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity. - Lao Tzu — Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity. – Lao Tzu

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. - Thomas Szasz — Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. – Thomas Szasz

“Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.”
Grenville Kleiser

For those of us learning the way to financial serenity and solvency, the envelope system teaches prudence, patience, and perseverance. You can only spend what you have. - Sarah Ban Breathnach — For those of us **learning** the way to financial serenity and solvency, the envelope system teaches **prudence**, **patience**, and **perseverance**. You can only spend what you have. – Sarah Ban Breathnach

I wish everybody finds the serenity that good, strong faith brings. - Ann Jillian — I wish everybody finds the serenity that good, strong faith brings. – Ann Jillian

“As we start to get a little bit older, boy, keep your house in order. That’s the key thing. It’s not about the thrills anymore. It’s about contentment, about having some serenity.”
Jim Irsay

Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind. - Sakyong Mipham — Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind. – Sakyong Mipham

Nothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door. - Byron Katie — Nothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door. – Byron Katie

Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change. - Bill Crawford — Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to **acceptance**, courage, wisdom, and change. – Bill Crawford

“Life has its rhythm ad we have ours. They’re designed to coexist in harmony, so that when we do what is ours to do and otherwise let life be, we garner acceptance and serenity.”
Victoria Moran

That exquisite poise of character which we call serenity is the last lesson of culture; it is the flowering of life, the fruitage of the soul. - James Allen — That exquisite poise of **character** which we call serenity is the last lesson of **culture**; it is the flowering of life, the fruitage of the soul. – **James Allen**

Serenity is the tranquil balance of heart and mind. - Harold W. Becker — Serenity is the tranquil balance of heart and mind. – Harold W. Becker

“To win, or to create a great group with winning mentality, you need first stability, but serenity as well. And it is only by creating an internal and mutual trust that you can achieve it.”
Mattia Binotto

If others hurt you, let the injury go. This is your test. If you let it go, you will find serenity. - Wayne Dyer — If others hurt you, let the injury go. This is your test. If you let it go, you will find serenity. – **Wayne Dyer**

Enlightenment is 'being,' and it grows; its end is serenity. - William Gibson — Enlightenment is ‘being,’ and it grows; its end is serenity. – William Gibson

Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely. – **Ralph Waldo Emerson**

5 Quotes on Serenity of Nature

“We run around so much – with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I’ve gotta clean up the oceans. I’ve gotta save the dolphins. All worthy efforts, but if you’re not centered and you don’t have the serenity in your life you need to accomplish that task, you’re not going to do a very good job.”
Ed Begley, Jr.

Nature is the best medicine for serenity. Peace, calmness, stillness. It’s good for the heart. - Karen Madewell — **Nature** is the best medicine for serenity. Peace, **calmness**, stillness. It’s good for the heart. – Karen Madewell

It is the stillness that will save and transform the world. - Eckhart Tolle — It is the stillness that will save and transform the world. – **Eckhart Tolle**

One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls. - Jack Kerouac — One man practicing **kindness** in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls. – Jack Kerouac

Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium. - Paul Tsongas — **Journey** with me to a true **commitment** to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our **children** a planet in equilibrium. – Paul Tsongas

2 Quotes on Serenity that Will Remind You To Take Care of Yourself

“But on average, I go to the gym about four or five times a week. Today, I’m so experienced in training – I’m actually listening to my body now. My body needs freedom. When I train I create serenity and I produce oxygen in my blood. It helps me to think better and relax. By training, you accentuate the problem.”
Jean-Claude Van Damme

“I started running around my 30th birthday. I wanted to lose weight; I didn’t anticipate the serenity. Being in motion, suddenly my body was busy and so my head could work out some issues I had swept under a carpet of wine and cheese. Good therapy, that’s a good run.”
Michael Weatherly

2 Quotes on Serenity To Overcome Hardships

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish. - Simone Weil — In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the **struggle** against anguish only produces new forms of anguish. – Simone Weil

I used to find that I could get mental serenity surrounded by chaos. - Alexis Knapp — I used to find that I could get mental serenity surrounded by chaos. – Alexis Knapp

2 Quotes on Serenity in Love

“As we move towards resolution and understanding and greater serenity in all aspects of our life, love’s pretty elemental and that’s nice to know. I think rock ‘n’ roll is the same. I don’t pretend to understand it; it feels confusing and frightening and wonderful.”
Gord Downie

There is a kind of serenity in love which is almost a paradise. - Alain Badiou — There is a kind of serenity in **love** which is almost a paradise. – Alain Badiou

13 Quotes on Serenity in Spirituality

“It’s a funny thing when you think you’re dead. You’re not terrified of it anymore. There’s a sort of a epiphany to religious thing; it’s not sort of church-based, but you end up with a serenity which you didn’t have before, and I just simply enjoy it. It really does sound stupid, but I’ve got to tell you it’s made my life.”
David Lange

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age. - Toby Keith — My **mom** taught us the Serenity **Prayer** at a young age. – Toby Keith

The serenity prayer, 'God grant me the strength to accept…' That's a prayer that's actually in my car. I say it every day. - Lauren London — The serenity prayer, ‘God grant me the strength to accept…’ That’s a prayer that’s actually in my car. I say it every day. – Lauren London

“In the scriptures, ‘peace’ means either freedom from strife, contention, conflict, or war, or an inner calm and comfort born of the Spirit that is a gift of God to all of his children, an assurance and serenity within a person’s heart.”
Joseph B. Wirthlin

When we let God be God and work through us, we experience both a sense of serenity and excitement. - Julia Cameron — When we let God be God and work through us, we experience both a sense of serenity and **excitement**. – Julia Cameron

“The hour or so I spent with the ninety-year-old David Attenborough was one of the most beatific of my life. An oddly religious term, I know, for a man who doesn’t have much truck with religion, but it was the serenity of that time that will stay with me most.”
Emily Maitlis

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him. - Abraham Lincoln — It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him. – **Abraham Lincoln**

Your serenity matters to heaven. God's presence encapsulates your life. - Max Lucado — Your serenity matters to heaven. God’s presence encapsulates your life. – **Max Lucado**

“A conviction that you are a daughter of God gives you a feeling of comfort in your self-worth. It means that you can find strength in the balm of Christ. It will help you meet the heartaches and challenges with faith and serenity.”
James E. Faust

The key to serenity is trusting that the universe has your back. - Gabrielle Bernstein — The key to serenity is trusting that the universe has your back. – Gabrielle Bernstein

The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself, everything that you want, you already are. - Rumi — The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself, everything that you want, you already are. – **Rumi**

“For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love.”
Adolfo Perez Esquivel

“Do not suffer pain and torment without reason. Somebody All-Powerful and All-Compassionate owns everything. Rely on His Power and do not accuse His Compassion. Renounce grief and anxiety ad accept relief. Be rid of your troubles and find serenity.”
Said Nursi

2 Quotes on Serenity that Inspires Happiness

The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we're very lucky. - Mel Gibson — The thing we’re all looking for is **happiness**, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we’re very lucky. – Mel Gibson

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven. - John Donne — Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven. – John Donne

5 Quotes on Serenity and Calmness

I love being able to pass from a feeling of euphoria to one of calm and serenity. - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga — I love being able to pass from a feeling of euphoria to one of calm and serenity. – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself. - Jane Austen — I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself. – **Jane Austen**

Be calm. God awaits you at the door. - Gabriel García Márquez — Be calm. God awaits you at the door. – Gabriel García Márquez

Nothing is so aggravating as calmness. - Mahatma Gandhi — Nothing is so aggravating as calmness. – **Mahatma Gandhi**

The calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. - James Allen — The calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. – James Allen

10 Quotes on Serenity and Peace

“Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.”
Jawaharlal Nehru

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 — 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

You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level. - Eckhart Tolle — You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level. – Eckhart Tolle

I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB. - Desmond Tutu — I don’t think I’ve ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB. – **Desmond Tutu**

Go in the direction of where your peace is coming from. - C. JoyBell C. — Go in the direction of where your peace is coming from. – C. JoyBell C.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. - Norman Vincent Peale — The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. – **Norman Vincent Peale**

If our thoughts are peaceful, calm, meek, and kind, then that is what our life is like. - Elder Tadej Štrbulović — If our thoughts are peaceful, calm, meek, and kind, then that is what our life is like. – Elder Tadej Štrbulović

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. - Marvin Gaye — If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. – Marvin Gaye

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 — 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

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

2 Quotes on Serenity in Learning and Curiosity

“Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.”
Alistair Cooke

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

4 Quotes on Serenity in Art

“What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter – a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.”
Henri Matisse

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity. - Glenn Gould — The **purpose** of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity. – Glenn Gould

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. - Andre Gide — The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. – **Andre Gide**

“Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ’s religion illuminates with His divine light.”
Franz Liszt

2 Quotes on Serenity in Sports

If you are not born a Ronaldo or a Kaka, you can still become a great player through commitment, serenity, perseverance, loving what you do. - Filippo Inzaghi — If you are not born a Ronaldo or a Kaka, you can still become a great player through commitment, serenity, perseverance, loving what you do. – Filippo Inzaghi

It is important for a team to have a goalkeeper who gives us serenity and confidence. - Marquinhos — It is important for a team to have a goalkeeper who gives us serenity and **confidence**. – Marquinhos

15 Thought-Provoking Quotes on Serenity

“Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.”
Joseph Addison

I just focus on working hard and play with serenity. - Fabio Quagliarella — I just **focus** on working hard and play with serenity. – Fabio Quagliarella

The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance. - Sylvia Kristel — The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, **vulnerability** and elegance. – Sylvia Kristel

My idea of serenity – that wonderful word that everybody’s trying to get into their life – is call-waiting. - Elaine Stritch — My idea of serenity – that wonderful word that everybody’s trying to get into their life – is call-waiting. – Elaine Stritch

“I’ve always liked Southeast Asia a lot. It’s a wonderful place, an easy place. People are great, there’s a lot of history and culture, and I like the serenity of Buddhism there. It’s very beautiful. I find that to be a very nice place to visit.”
Matt Dillon