These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIFor many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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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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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God’s Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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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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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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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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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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I have to be seen to be believed.
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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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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.
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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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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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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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