Queen Elizabeth II Quotes

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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Communities Courage Family Friend From Often Rise Source Withing
I 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.
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Attribute Encourage Find Formula Know Observe Often Single Some Success Universal Way Year
I have to be seen to be believed.
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Believe Seen
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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Community Courage Great Happiness Measure Meet Steadfastness Whole
They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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Aunt Happen Just Me Riyal
I don’t like to badmouth people. But I’m the head of a monarchy that began in the ninth century, and I’m apparently more modern than Chris Christie.
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Badmouth Begin Century Head Like Modern Monarchy More Ninth People
Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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Let Monopoly Ourselves Seriously Take Us Wisdom
These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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Baby Come Until Ready Wretch
It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.
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All Ancestral Country Here Just One Queen Strain
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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Also Christmas Come Device First Other Time Together
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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Honest Listen MIssed Mobile Net never Phone Surf Surfed Talk Think
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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Active Axvious Lead Live Lonely Money People Turbulence Uneventful Worlld
[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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Before Each Numerous Portrait Sitting Teeth
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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Commonwealth Define Easy Enough Indeed Pastime Popular Quite
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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Accept Better Courageous Defeat Determine Down Future More Seem Struggle
It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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All Always Been Case Harvest Leadership Peace Perhaps Warning
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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Aware Been Continent Ocean People Spread Support Task Throughout Time Wide World
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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Colonies Country Impossible Keep Know Lack Lost Manner Statesmanship Time Yield
[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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Bedroom Door Immediate Intruder Realize Servant Slam
It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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Annus Horible Out Tune
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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Action Balance Between Distraction Forget Need Pause Reflection Right Stock Take
What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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Come Future Hope Now Once Pass
It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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Been Breathe Gentleness Hard Humankind Progress Women
Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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All Best Disagreement Eccentricity Family Impetuous Like Share Youngster
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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

All Express Gratitude Grief Hope Join Loss Princess Short Tomorrow Too
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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Common Community Destructive First Good Hameed New Power Prowe Such Terrifying Time Weapon
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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Appeal Crazy Forward Look Party Pathetic Right Thinking

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