The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually, your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIMadam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
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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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Think what we would have missed if we had never … used a mobile phone or surfed the Net — or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the Net.
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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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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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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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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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