It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIFor me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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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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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of 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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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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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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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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[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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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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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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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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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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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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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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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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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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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.
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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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Look, I know he has to appeal to the crazy right-wingers in his party, but the fact is, he’s not as forward-thinking as an eighty-seven-year-old lady who wears a crown on her head. It’s pathetic.
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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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