Elizabeth I Quotes

Men fight wars. Women win them.

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.

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

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

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.

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

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

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

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

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.

The past cannot be cured.

I observe and remain silent.

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

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

Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst

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

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

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

I cannot find it in me to fear a man who took ten years a learning of his alphabet.

Prosperity provideth, but adversity proveth friends.

Chastity is the ermine of woman's soul.

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

I will have here but one mistress and no master.

There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles.

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