For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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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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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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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 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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I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
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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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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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[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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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.
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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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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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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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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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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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Look, 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.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
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Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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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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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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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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