Betty Williams Quotes

When all else fails, take a vacation.

To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it.

There is no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution

Nonviolence is the weapon of the strong.

I'm trying to show by my actions that you can make a far better world if you just care enough. That's all you have to do. It's no big deal. One act of kindness a day can do it.

Fear's contagious, but so is courage.

We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, our lives at home, at work and at play, to be lives of joy and peace.

Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent

In a world that we know can feed itself, upwards of 40,000 children die very day from conditions of malnutrition. Surely we must question why we are allowing this carnage to continue

Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.

The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do.

But without painful experiences, we dont grow

We want to live and love and build a just and peaceful society.

Two-point-seven percent unemployment equates to -- everybody who wants to work is working. It equates to full employment.

I'm so grateful that God allowed me to go through that because it's made me.

The thing that started the peace movement in Ireland was anger - my anger. It wasn't anger it was fury.

Peace is not wimpy. It's about sitting down and negotiating with people you hate. Ultimately, all occupation ends, and you have to deal with the enemy.

When I received the news of the Nobel Peace Award, I could not believe it. I told my father, 'I think they have the wrong name, Dad. Please, can you talk to this man on the phone? I'm busy cooking!'

Peace in the world is everybody's business, no matter where you live or what you do.