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 IIIt has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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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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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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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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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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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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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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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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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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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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