Royalty Quotes - Page 2

• A prince, the moment he is crown'd,
  Inherits every virtue sound,
  As emblems of the sovereign power,
  Like other baubles in the Tower:
  Is generous, valiant, just, and wise,
  And so continues till he dies.

  Jonathan Swift

  Wise, Sovereign, Sound

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• For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.

  Walter Scott

  Vain, Sigh, Monarchy

  Sir Walter Scott, J. W. Lake (1848). “The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott: with a sketch of his life”, p.83

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• Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.

  Antisthenes

  Doe

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• I didn't send back any of the royalty checks.

  Ira Levin

  Checks

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• To be a son or daughter of God also means you are royalty. This is the greatest of privileges, but it is also an awesome responsibility. If you are truly thankful to God and want to please Him with all your heart, you must do more than just recognize your own authority. You must use it. He asks you to give love as freely as you have received it— not just to those who deserve it but also to everyone He puts in front of you.

  Heidi Baker

  Daughter, Heart, Mean

  Heidi Baker (2014). “Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World”, p.94, Charisma Media

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• The moment you understand that there is an essence of purity in you, you will realize reality. The moment you realize reality you will have royalty, and then you don't have to say or do a thing. When your presence will work then you will emit wisdom.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Communication, Reality, Essence

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• As yourselves your empires fall, and every kingdom hath a grave.

  William Habington

  Fall, Kingdoms, Empires

  William Habington, “Nox Nocti Indicat Scientiam”

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• Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?

  Nancy Mitford

  Kings, Glory, Pleasure

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• The queens in history compare favorably with the kings.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Kings, Queens, Compare

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper (1889). “History of woman suffrage”

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• As kings are begotten and born like other men, it is to be presumed that they are of the human species; and perhaps, had they thesame education, they might prove like other men. But, flattered from their cradles, their hearts are corrupted, and their heads are turned, so that they seem to be a species by themselves.... Flattery cannot be too strong for them; drunk with it from their infancy, like old drinkers, they require dreams.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Dream, Strong, Kings

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.621

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• If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Funny, Family, Feelings

  Interview with Paul Harris, www.harrisonline.com. May 30, 1996.

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• People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.

  Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  God, People, Treats

  Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1916). “Nothing Matters, and Other Stories”

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• Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions.

  Walter Bagehot

  Government, Kings And Queens, Interesting

  'The English Constitution' (1867) 'The Monarchy'

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• Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be.

  Princess Diana

  Women, Princess, History

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• No band is special, no player royalty.

  Krist Novoselic

  Player, Special, Band

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• A crown! what is it?
  It is to bear the miseries of a people!
  To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents,
  And sink beneath a load of splendid care!

  Hannah More

  Kings, People, Bears

  Hannah More (1840). “Miscellaneous Works: Tragedies. Miscellaneous poems. Hymns and ballads. Sacred Dramas. Coelebs. Practical piety. Moriana”, p.351

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• Royalty is either going to do very well with cloning, or it's going to disappear completely.

  Douglas Coupland

  Disappear Completely, Cloning, Wells

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• Solitude, as I understand it, does not signify an unhappy state, but rather secret royalty, profound incommunicability yet a more or less obscure knowledge of an invulnerable singularity.

  Jean Genet

  Profound, Solitude, Secret

  Jean Genet, Edmund White (1993). “The selected writings of Jean Genet”, Ecco Pr

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• Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Funny, Family, Queens

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• I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility.

  King Edward VIII

  Responsibility, Impossible, Burden

  Radio broadcast following his abdication, 11 December 1936, in 'The Times' 12 December 1936

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• Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Funny, Political, Politics

  To Matthew Arnold, in G. W. E. Russell 'Collections and Recollections' (1898) ch. 23

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• Princes have but their titles for their glories,
  An outward honor for an inward toil;
  And, for unfelt imaginations,
  They often feel a world of restless cares.

  William Shakespeare

  Imagination, Honor, Toil

  William Shakespeare, Oliver William Bourn Peabody, Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons, John Payne Collier (1848). “1847. Richard III. Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Timon of Athens. Coriolanus”, p.35

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• Many a crown
  Covers bald foreheads.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Crowns, Foreheads

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1872). “Poetical Works”, p.332

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• Princes that would their people should do well
  Must at themselves begin, as at the head;
  For men, by their example, pattern out
  Their limitations, and regard of laws:
  A virtuous court a world to virtue draws.

  Ben Jonson

  Men, Law, People

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• I am the State.
  [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]

  Louis XIV

  States

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