I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy.
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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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 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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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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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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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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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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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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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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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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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God’s Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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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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