You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IICowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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[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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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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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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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it hasturned 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 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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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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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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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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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
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