In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIFootball’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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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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To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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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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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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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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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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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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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
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