Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IICowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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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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 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.
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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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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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[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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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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I should like to be a horse.
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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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