Quotes By Queen Elizabeth II

I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service.

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.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the harsh progress of mankind.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Our children, and all my family, have given me such love and unstinting help over the years, and especially in recent months.

Gratitude, respect and pride, these words sum up how I feel about the people of this country and the Commonwealth.

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

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

I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.

Whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.

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

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

It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult.

We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return: we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again.

It's worth remembering that it is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.

I believe that, young or old, we have as much to look forward to with confidence and hope as we have to look back on with pride.

It is through this lens of history that we should view the conflicts of today, and so give us hope for tomorrow.

Everyone is our neighbour, no matter what race, creed or colour.

We know the reward is peace on earth, goodwill toward men, but we cannot win it without determination and concerted effort.

Even when your life seems most monotonous, what you do is always of real value and importance to your fellow men.