I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IITo what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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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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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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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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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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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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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.
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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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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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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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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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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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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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