It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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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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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
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Think what we would have missed if we had never … used a mobile phone or surfed the Net — or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the Net.
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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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To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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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They seldom realize that on their steadfastness, on their ability to withstand the fatigue of dull repetitive work, and on their courage in meeting constant small adversities depend in great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole. …
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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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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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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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