It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III 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.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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 cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
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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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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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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 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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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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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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There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.
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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 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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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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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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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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