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Quotes by Royalty
"Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can."
76
"I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown."
75
"My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt."
74
"I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head."
73
"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."
72
"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache."
71
"The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other."
70
"These wretched babies don't come until they are ready."
70
"You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable."
68
"Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it."
67
"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."
65
"The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance."
64
"Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed."
64
"I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents."
63
"The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be."
62
"To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven."
62
"Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves."
62
"I look a hundred and weigh 110 - you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me."
61
"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?"
61
"I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men."
61
"Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are."
60
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