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.
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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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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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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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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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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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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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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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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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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I should like to be a horse.
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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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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
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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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I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
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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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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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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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Think what we would have missed if we had never … used a mobile phone or surfed the Net — or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the Net.
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendour that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God’s Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
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