Elizabeth I Quotes
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Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.
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There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles.
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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.
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This is the Lord's doing. And it is marvelous in our eyes.
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There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue
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Words are leaves, the substance consists of deeds, which are the true fruits of a good tree.
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Had I been crested, not cloven, my Lords, you had not treated me thus.
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Men fight wars. Women win them.
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All my possessions for a moment of time.
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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
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Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.
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Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be
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Young heads take example of the ancient
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The end crowneth the work.
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Hang Irish harpers wherever found.
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I observe and remain silent.
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A good face is the best letter of recommendation.
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When we hang on to resentments, we poison ourselves. As compulsive overeaters, we cannot afford resentment, since it exacerbates our disease.
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[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.
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[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.
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A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.
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I regret the unhappiness of princes who are slaves to forms and fettered by caution.
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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.
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I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!
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Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst
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I have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke, but you are the first who has turned smoke into gold.
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Kings were wont to honour philosophers, but if I had such I would honour them as angels that should have such piety in them that they would not seek where they are the second to be the first, and where the third to be the second and so forth.
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One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.
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Have a care over my people. You have my people--do you that which I ought to do. They are my people.... See unto them--see unto them, for they are my charge.... I care not for myself; my life is not dear to me. My care is for my people. I pray God, whoever succeedeth me, be as careful of them as I am.
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My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands and lies by me, doth what I have done.
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