Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects.

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.

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

Men fight wars. Women win them.

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

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.

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

God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them.

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

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

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

Master thyself, seek to know thy soul.

Love's core purpose is to always inspire us to become more wholesomely ourselves because of love's experience.

We keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults until we at last come to look upon them as virtues.

If it's not tested, it's broken.

I've got the hungries for your love and I'm waiting in your welfare line.

I just feel such freedom to do whatever. If a song's seven minutes or ten minutes long, then so be it - it's that long.

We wanted to set a good example for the growing number of divers watching.

New things have to experience difficulties and setbacks as they grow.

Posterity will pay everyone their due.

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.