Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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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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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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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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[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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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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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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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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We have all felt those emotions in these last few days. So what I say to you now, as your queen and as a grandmother, I say from my heart.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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