They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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.
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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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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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 hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
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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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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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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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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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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
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To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
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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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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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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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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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I should like to be a horse.
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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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[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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