86 Quotes by Queen Elizabeth II

I hope people will think very carefully about the future,

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

It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.

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

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

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

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

In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy. 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. ... 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.

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