[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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIFamilies, 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.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
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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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The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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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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I have to be seen to be believed.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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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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[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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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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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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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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