We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIMy husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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The 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.
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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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.
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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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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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The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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