For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIGrief is the price we pay for love.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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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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There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.
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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
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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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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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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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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.
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