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 IIIt is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
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Look, I know he has to appeal to the crazy right-wingers in his party, but the fact is, he’s not as forward-thinking as an eighty-seven-year-old lady who wears a crown on her head. It’s pathetic.
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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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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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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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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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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They seldom realize that on their steadfastness, on their ability to withstand the fatigue of dull repetitive work, and on their courage in meeting constant small adversities depend in great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole. …
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[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It’s unfair. If a man looks solemn, it’s automatically assumed he’s a serious person, not a miserable one.
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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 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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