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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe 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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThere 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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIt has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women
QUEEN ELIZABETH III cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe 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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIn 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 II[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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IILook, 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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThis new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIWe lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIFor 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 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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIFamily does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IILike all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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