Quotes by Queen Elizabeth II

Its all to do with the training: you can do a lot if youre properly trained.

My whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong. But I shall not have the strength to carry out this resolution alone unless you join in it with me.

I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Dianas loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.

What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.

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.

For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.

At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.

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.

At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.

My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.

I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by Gods Will, united in spirit and in aim.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

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

The upward course of a nations history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.

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

To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.

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.