The best Quotes by Queen Elizabeth I

I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.

Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.

I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge.

You need to learn to stand up for yourself... and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.

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

Grief is the price we pay for love.

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

The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.

I have to be seen to be believed.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her - for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys.

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

I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his children.

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

I learned very early on that it's wise not to take things for granted.

In the long reeds of difficulty and pain, that’s where you find the treasure.

Who we are is not what we wear or what glitters. It’s the spirit that defines us.

Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.

Everything that wasn't invented by God is invented by an engineer.

A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.

I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

It's like the riddle of the Sphinx; why are there so many great unmarried women - and no great unmarried men?

A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to.

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.

Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them.

You might be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the reaper.

He hasn't found happiness. He's found marriage, the very opposite of happiness.

In the first flush of a romantic love, we’re all blind. We see only what we want to see.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.