Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe 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.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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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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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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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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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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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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