For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God’s love, as we strive daily to become better people.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IICowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendour that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God’s Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
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I don’t like to badmouth people. But I’m the head of a monarchy that began in the ninth century, and I’m apparently more modern than Chris Christie.
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To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
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In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy.
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The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
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The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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