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Queen Elizabeth II quotes: True patriotism doesn't exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.

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

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: 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.

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.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: 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.

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.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game.

Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.

It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: I have to be seen to be believed.

I have to be seen to be believed.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: I hope people will think very carefully about the future,

I hope people will think very carefully about the future,

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.

At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: This thing called love, it cries like a baby in a cradle all night. It swings, it jives, it shakes all over like a jelly fish. I kinda like it.

This thing called love, it cries like a baby in a cradle all night. It swings, it jives, it shakes all over like a jelly fish. I kinda like it.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: [On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn't a servant because they don't slam doors.

[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn't a servant because they don't slam doors.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.

They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: [To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You'd better answer that. It could be someone important.

[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You'd better answer that. It could be someone important.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

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

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.

My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

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

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.

These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.

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

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: I should like to be a horse.

I should like to be a horse.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?

To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.

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

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation

Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.

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

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.

The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: 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.

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.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.

It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: 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.

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.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: [To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We'll go quietly.

[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We'll go quietly.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: 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.

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.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.

You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her.

No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.

I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: [Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?

[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.

For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: Good memories are our second chance at happiness.

Good memories are our second chance at happiness.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.

It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.

Queen Elizabeth II quotes: Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

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