Quotes by Royalty | Beyond Motive 2/7

top of page

Quotes by Royalty

"I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head."

"I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

28

"Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can."

"Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Suffering, Want

28

"Every time I bestow a vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate."

"Every time I bestow a vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate."

Louis XIV, French Royalty

28

"The Queen is the only person who can put on a tiara with one hand, while walking down stairs."

"The Queen is the only person who can put on a tiara with one hand, while walking down stairs."

Princess Margaret, British Royalty

Queen, Stairs, Walking

27

"Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?"

"Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?"

Marie Antoinette, French Royalty

26

"To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven."

"To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven."

Charles V, Roman Royalty

Conscience, Heaven

26

"All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full."

"All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full."

King Solomon, Hebrew Royalty

River, Rivers, Sea

26

"Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone."

"Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone."

Pyrrhus, Greek Royalty

26

"I'm the heir apparent to the heir presumptive."

"I'm the heir apparent to the heir presumptive."

Princess Margaret, British Royalty

26

"I live for my sons. I would be lost without them."

"I live for my sons. I would be lost without them."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

25

"Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained."

"Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained."

Duke of Wellington, British Royalty

24

"I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men."

"I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men."

Duke of Wellington, British Royalty

Men, Difference

24

"You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings."

"You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings."

Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty

23

"The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other."

"The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Intolerance, Today, World

23

"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you."

"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Knowledge, Act, Day, Expectation

23

"My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt."

"My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt."

Princess Margaret, British Royalty

Children, Queen

23

"I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown."

"I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Extreme, Reputation, Unworthy

23

"When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife."

"When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife."

Prince Philip, British Royalty

23

"I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams."

"I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Dream, Dreams, People, Boys, Emotions

23

"I have as much privacy as a goldfish in a bowl."

"I have as much privacy as a goldfish in a bowl."

Princess Margaret, British Royalty

22

"Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings."

"Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings."

Frederick The Great, German Royalty

Argument, Arguments, Forget, Rights, Kings

22

"Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states."

"Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Death, War, Enemies, states

21

"I wear my heart on my sleeve."

"I wear my heart on my sleeve."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

21

"The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself."

"The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself."

Queen Victoria, British Royalty

Folly, Rights, Queen

21

"The past cannot be cured."

"The past cannot be cured."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

20

"Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves."

"Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

20

"I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents."

"I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents."

Prince Charles, English Royalty

20

"My advisers built a wall between myself and my people. I didn't realize what was happening. When I woke up, I had lost my people."

"My advisers built a wall between myself and my people. I didn't realize what was happening. When I woke up, I had lost my people."

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Royalty

20

"They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?"

"They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?"

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Compromise, Poor

20

"A king should die on his feet."

"A king should die on his feet."

Louis XVIII, French Royalty

20

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

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

Elizabeth II, British Royalty

20

"Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball."

"Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball."

Charles V, Roman Royalty

20

"Is it possible that my people live in such awful conditions? I tell you, Mr Wheatley, that if I had to live in conditions like that I would be a revolutionary myself."

"Is it possible that my people live in such awful conditions? I tell you, Mr Wheatley, that if I had to live in conditions like that I would be a revolutionary myself."

King George V, British Royalty

19

"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, English Royalty

Constitution, Will

19

"I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it."

"I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it."

Charles II, British Royalty

19

"Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons."

"Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

19

"What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?"

"What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?"

Frederick II, German Royalty

19

"Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth."

"Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth."

Prince Charles, English Royalty

Success, Successful, Earth

19

"Her old Grannie and subject must be the first to kiss her hand."

"Her old Grannie and subject must be the first to kiss her hand."

Queen Mary, British Royalty

Kiss, First, Old

19

"Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance."

"Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance."

King George V, British Royalty

19

"Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away."

"Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away."

Charles V, Roman Royalty

Nature, Fortune, Woman

19

"To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting."

"To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting."

Stanislaus I, Polish Royalty

19

"As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'"

"As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'"

Duke of Wellington, British Royalty

Hope, Day, Enemy, Names

19

"Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry."

"Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Son, England, May, Queen

18

"I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes."

"I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes."

Marie Louise, French Royalty

Admiration, Blind, Mistakes, Past

18

"If I wanted to do wrong, I could not."

"If I wanted to do wrong, I could not."

Louis Bonaparte, French Royalty

18

"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache."

"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache."

Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty

Imagination, Wind

18

"My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me."

"My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me."

King George V, British Royalty

Mother, Father, Children

18

"People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me."

"People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

People, Day, End, Job

18

"I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman."

"I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman."

King James I, British Royalty

18

bottom of page