For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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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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For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God’s love, as we strive daily to become better people.
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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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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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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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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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[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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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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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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