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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IILet us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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[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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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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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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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 cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy.
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I should like to be a horse.
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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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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.
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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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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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