For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God’s love, as we strive daily to become better people.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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 have to be seen to be believed.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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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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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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 a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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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 should like to be a horse.
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