When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIt has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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[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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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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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 have to be seen to be believed.
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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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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
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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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