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 IIIt’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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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.
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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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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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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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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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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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The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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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 believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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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 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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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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