Queen Elizabeth II Quotes

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• 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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  Lying, Struggle, Down And

  "Queen Elizabeth: Christmas 'more somber' this year", www.cnn.com. December 26, 2008.

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• Good memories are our second chance at happiness.

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  Memories, Second Chance, Humanity

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• The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually, your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally. 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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  Motivation, Believe, Philosophical

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• Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

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  Wisdom, Life And Love, Monopoly

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• 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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  Inspiration, Years, People

  Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 6 July 2010

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• Grief is the price we pay for love.

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  Life, Sympathy, Grief

  "Happy birthday, Queen Elizabeth. The world needs you now more than ever" by Lee Cohen, www.foxnews.com. April 21, 2016.

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• Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

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  Earth, Pay, Rooms

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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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  Life, Long, Whole

  Broadcast speech (as Princess Elizabeth) to the Commonwealth from Cape Town, 21 April 1947, in 'The Times' 22 April 1947

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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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  Friendship, Relationship, Family

  "Queen's speech: William and Kate's wedding a reminder of value of loved ones, says Queen in Christmas message". www.mirror.co.uk. December 25, 2011.

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• It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

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  Women, Progress, Care

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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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  Leadership, Wisdom, Health

  "Queen's Christmas message - full text", www.theguardian.com. December 25, 2013.

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• Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.

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  Life, Courage, Queens

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have to be seen to be believed.

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  Funny, Royal Family

  "Like a storybook character come to life: why the Queen is a style icon" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2015.

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• For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.

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  Heaven, Bits

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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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  Business, Women, Learning

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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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  Love, Friendship, Relationship

  "Queen's speech: William and Kate's wedding a reminder of value of loved ones, says Queen in Christmas message". www.mirror.co.uk. December 25, 2011.

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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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  Long, Giving, Perspective

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• I should like to be a horse.

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  Funny, Horse, Humor

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• I hope people will think very carefully about the future.

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  Thinking, People

  "Queen hopes Scottish independence voters will 'think carefully about future'" by Nicholas Watt, Severin Carrell, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2014.

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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 - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

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  Leadership, Heart, Islands

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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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  Inspiration, House, Treasure

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• What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.

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  Hope, Paving The Way, Favour

  Queen Elizabeth II's Dublin Castle Speech, www.telegraph.co.uk. May 18, 2011.

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• True patriotism doesn't exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.

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  Understanding, Patriotism, True Patriotism

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• 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. 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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  Crazy, Party, Thinking

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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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  Men, Expression, Serious Person

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