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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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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Madam 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.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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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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[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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We have all felt those emotions in these last few days. So what I say to you now, as your queen and as a grandmother, I say from my heart.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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