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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe 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.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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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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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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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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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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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 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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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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[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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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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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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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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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I don’t like to badmouth people. But I’m the head of a monarchy that began in the ninth century, and I’m apparently more modern than Chris Christie.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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They seldom realize that on their steadfastness, on their ability to withstand the fatigue of dull repetitive work, and on their courage in meeting constant small adversities depend in great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole. …
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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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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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 British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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