Elizabeth I Quotes

Quotes about:

• Grief never ends, but it changes. It is a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness nor a lack of faith: it is the price of love.

  Elizabeth I

  Grief, Weakness, Ends

  170 Copy quote

• Men fight wars. Women win them.

  Elizabeth I

  War, Fighting, Winning

  139 Copy quote

• Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

  Elizabeth I

  Silence, Secret, Tested

  "Dating In Midlife And What Secrets To Reveal" by Barbara Hannah Grufferman, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 27, 2012.

  145 Copy quote

• Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.

  Elizabeth I

  Strong Women, Sex, Rocks

  124 Copy quote

• Be always faithful to me, as I always desire to keep you in peace; and if there have been wiser kings, none has ever loved you more than I have.

  Elizabeth I

  Loyalty, Peace, Kings

  18 Copy quote

• I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

  Elizabeth I

  Husband, Kingdoms, England

  108 Copy quote

• A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

  Elizabeth I

  Innocence, Innocent, Fear Nothing

  92 Copy quote

• Life is for living and working at. If you find anything or anybody a bore, the fault is in yourself.

  Elizabeth I

  Bored, Faults, Life Is

  76 Copy quote

• I may not be a lion,but I am lions cub and I have lion's heart

  Elizabeth I

  Heart, Lions, May

  23 Copy quote

• The past cannot be cured.

  Elizabeth I

  Past

  32 Copy quote

• I observe and remain silent.

  Elizabeth I

  Silent, Diplomacy

  30 Copy quote

• He that will forget God, will also forget his benefactors.

  Elizabeth I

  Forget, Gods Will, Benefactors

  9 Copy quote

• Words are leaves, the substance consists of deeds, which are the true fruits of a good tree.

  Elizabeth I

  Tree, Substance, Deeds

  29 Copy quote

• Prosperity provideth, but adversity proveth friends.

  Elizabeth I

  Adversity, Prosperity

  Elizabeth I (2002). “Elizabeth I: Collected Works”, p.117, University of Chicago Press

  22 Copy quote

• There will never Queen sit in my seat with more zeal to my country, care to my subjects and that will sooner with willingness venture her life for your good and safety than myself. For it is my desire to live nor reign no longer than my life and reign shall be for your good. And though you have had, and may have, many princes more mighty and wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have, any that will be more careful and loving.

  Elizabeth I

  Wise, Country, Queens

  Farewell Speech to the House of Commons, en.wikisource.org. November 30, 1601.

  6 Copy quote

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

  Elizabeth I

  Marriage, Queens, Mother And Daughter

  Statement to the envoy of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, January 26, 1563.

  96 Copy quote

• Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst

  Elizabeth I

  Worst

  25 Copy quote

• The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy.

  Elizabeth I

  Joy, Doubt, Exile

  c.1568 'The Doubt of Future Foes'.

  3 Copy quote

• Who seeketh two strings to one bow, they may shoot strong, but never straight.

  Elizabeth I

  Strong, Two, May

  Elizabeth I (2002). “Elizabeth I: Collected Works”, p.262, University of Chicago Press

  10 Copy quote

• There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue

  Elizabeth I

  Teaching, Tongue, Would Be

  75 Copy quote

• Chastity is the ermine of woman's soul.

  Elizabeth I

  Soul, Chastity

  46 Copy quote

• I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.

  Elizabeth I

  Heart, Men, Not Afraid

  32 Copy quote

• Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.

  Elizabeth I

  Money, Shining, Ignorant

  Letter, 1581.

  7 Copy quote

• When we hang on to resentments, we poison ourselves. As compulsive overeaters, we cannot afford resentment, since it exacerbates our disease.

  Elizabeth I

  Drinking, Poison, Disease

  33 Copy quote

• 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.

  Elizabeth I

  Leadership, Courage, Kings

  Speech to troops at Tilbury, England (1588).

  30 Copy quote

Page 1 of 6

← Prev

1

2

3

4

5

6

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin