110+ Elizabeth I Quotes On Marriage, Reform And Expansion

Elizabeth I was the Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603. She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Elizabeth I was a popular ruler who oversaw a period of stability and growth in England. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Elizabeth I on marriage, reform, expansion.

Top 10 Elizabeth I Quotes

1. 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.
2. Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
6. A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
7. Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.
8. It is monstrous that the feet should direct the head.
9. [To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.
10. There is an Italian proverb which saith, From my enemy let me defend myself; but from a pretensed friend Lord deliver me

Elizabeth I Image Quotes

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing. — Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I Short Quotes

• The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.
• I will have here but one mistress and no master.
• I don't keep a dog and bark myself.
• Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.
• The true sin against the Holy Ghost is ingratitude.
• The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow.
• They best pass over the world who trip over it quickly; for it is but a bog. If we stop, we sink.
• A good face is the best letter of recommendation.
• A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food.
• One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.

Elizabeth I Quotes About Marriage

I have never been able to be so allured by the prospect of advantages or so terrified by misfortunes, swayed by honours or fettered by affection, nay not even so smitten by the fear of death, as to enter upon marriage. — Elizabeth I

Although my royal rank causes me to doubt whether my kingdom is not more sought after than myself, yet I understand that you havefound other graces in me. — Elizabeth I

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

Elizabeth I Quotes About Queen

This is the Lord's doing. And it is marvelous in our eyes. — Elizabeth I

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. — Elizabeth I

I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people. — Elizabeth I

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. — Elizabeth I

[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. — Elizabeth I

If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married. — Elizabeth I

I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom. — Elizabeth I

Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be — Elizabeth I

Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: That I have reigned with your loves. — Elizabeth I

I will be as good unto ye as ever a Queen was unto her people. No will in me can lack, neither do I trust shall there lack any power. And persuade yourselves that for the safety and quietness of you all I will not spare if need be to spend my blood. — Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I Quotes About Princes

I would gladly chastise those who represent things as different from what they are. Those who steal property or make counterfeit money are punished, and those ought to be still more severely dealt with who steal away or falsify the good name of a prince. — Elizabeth I

Princes have big ears which hear far and near. — Elizabeth I

Of myself I must say this, I never was any greedy, scraping grasper, nor a strait fast-holding prince, nor yet a master; my heart was never set on worldly goods, but only for my subjects' good. — Elizabeth I

Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word. — Elizabeth I

Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word. — Elizabeth I

If there were two princes in Christendom who had good will and courage, it would be very easy to reconcile the religious difficulties; there is only one Jesus Christ and one faith, and all the rest is a dispute over trifles. — Elizabeth I

The word must is not to be used to princes. — Elizabeth I

Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with your loves. And though you have had, and may have, many mightier and wiser princes sitting in this seat; yet you never had, nor shall have any that will love you better. — Elizabeth I

we Princes are set as it were upon stages, in the sight and view of all the world. The least spot is soon spied in our garments, a blemish quickly noticed in our doings. — Elizabeth I

I regret the unhappiness of princes who are slaves to forms and fettered by caution. — Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I Quotes About Heart

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

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. — Elizabeth I

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

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all. — Elizabeth I

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

Elizabeth I Quotes About King

Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can. — Elizabeth I

My seat has been the seat of kings, and I will have no rascal to succeed me. — Elizabeth I

I am more afraid of making a fault in my Latin than of the Kings of Spain, France, Scotland, the whole House of Guise, and all of their confederates. — Elizabeth I

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

I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom. — Elizabeth I

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. — Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I Famous Quotes And Sayings

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing. — Elizabeth I

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

The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof. — Elizabeth I

I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown. — Elizabeth I

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

Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like. — Elizabeth I

Answer on being asked her opinion of Christ's presence in the Sacrament. 'Twas God the word that spake it, He took the Bread and brake it; And what the word did make it That I believe, and take it. — Elizabeth I

For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch. — Elizabeth I

There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God. — Elizabeth I

The sea, as well as the air, is a free and common thing to all; and a particular nation cannot pretend to have the right to the exclusion of all others, without violating the rights of nature and public usage. — Elizabeth I

If we still advise we shall never do. — Elizabeth I

It is good to jest, but not to make a trade of jesting. — Elizabeth I

There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible. — Elizabeth I

Be of good cheer, for you will never want, for the bullet was meant for me, though it hit you. — Elizabeth I

O Fortune, how thy restless, wavering state has fraught with cares my troubled wit! — Elizabeth I

I plucke up the goodlie greene herbes of sentences by pruning, eat them by reading, chawe them by musing, and laie them up at length in the hie seate of memorie by gathering them together; that I, having tasted the sweetenes, l may the lesse perceave the bitternes of this miserable life. — Elizabeth I

A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head. — Elizabeth I

I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception. — Elizabeth I

I pluck up the good lissome herbs of sentences by pruning, eat them by reading, digest them by musing, and lay them up at length in the high seat of memory. — Elizabeth I

Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government. — Elizabeth I

A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past. — Elizabeth I

My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me. — Elizabeth I

No foteball player be used or suffered within the City of London and the liberties thereof upon pain of imprisonment. — Elizabeth I

God forgive you, but I never can. — Elizabeth I

I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over! — Elizabeth I

I am no lover of pompous title, but only desire that my name may be recorded in a line or two, which shall briefly express my name, my virginity, the years of my reign, the reformation of religion under it, and my preservation of peace. — Elizabeth I

It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted. — Elizabeth I

I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people. Therefore I have cause to wish nothing more than to content the subject and that is a duty which I owe. Neither do I desire to live longer days than I may see your prosperity and that is my only desire. — Elizabeth I

I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive. — Elizabeth I

If our web be framed with rotten handles, when our loom is well nigh done, our work is new to begin. God send the weaver true prentices again, and let them be denizens. — Elizabeth I

He who placed me in this seat will keep me here. — Elizabeth I

[On being told Mary, Queen of Scots, was taller than she:] Then she is too high, for I myself am neither too high nor too low. — Elizabeth I

If I should say the sweetest speech with the eloquentest tongue that ever was in man, I were not able to express that restless care which I have ever bent to govern for the greatest wealth. — Elizabeth I

The past cannot be cured. — Elizabeth I

I observe and remain silent. — Elizabeth I

I grieve and dare not show my discontent, I love and yet am forced to seem to hate, I do, yet dare not say I ever meant, I seem stark mute but inwardly do prate. I am and not, I freeze and yet am burned, Since from myself another self I turned. 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. — Elizabeth I

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

Chastity is the ermine of woman's soul. — Elizabeth I

And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too. — Elizabeth I

I have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke, but you are the first who has turned smoke into gold. — Elizabeth I

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

Affection! Affection is false. — Elizabeth I

It is hard to find beauty in the art of self expression. — Elizabeth I

As for my own part I care not for death, for all men are mortal; and though I be a woman yet I have as good a courage answerable to my place as ever my father had. I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am indeed endowed with such qualities that if I were turned out of the realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom. — Elizabeth I

There is a close tie of affection between sovereigns and their subjects; and as chaste wives should have no eyes but for their husbands, so faithful liegemen should keep their regards at home and not look after foreign crowns. For my part I like not for my sheep to wear a stranger's mark nor to dance after a foreigner's whistle. — Elizabeth I

The name of a successor is like the tolling of my own death-bell! — Elizabeth I

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. — Elizabeth I

I have no desire to make windows into men's souls. — Elizabeth I

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. — Elizabeth I

It has been always held for a special principle in friendship that prosperity provideth but adversity proveth friends. — Elizabeth I

Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts. — Elizabeth I

Eyes of youth have sharp sight but commonly not so deep as those of elder age. — Elizabeth I

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

[On Thomas Seymour's death:] This day died a man of much wit and very little judgment. — Elizabeth I

[When opposed by leaders of her Council:] I will make you shorter by the head! — Elizabeth I

Mr. Doctor, that loose gown becomes you so well I wonder your notions should be so narrow. — Elizabeth I

Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince. — Elizabeth I

Prosperity provideth, but adversity proveth friends. — Elizabeth I

I am already bound unto an husband, which is the kingdom of England. — Elizabeth I

... [ellipsis in source] it is true that the world was made in six days, but it was by God, to whose power the infirmity of men isnot to be compared. — Elizabeth I

Young heads take example of the ancient — Elizabeth I

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

I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children. — Elizabeth I

Life Lessons by Elizabeth I

1. Elizabeth I taught the importance of remaining resilient and determined in the face of adversity. She overcame numerous challenges to become one of the most successful monarchs in English history.
2. Elizabeth I also showed the importance of maintaining strong relationships with her people and allies. She was able to build a strong network of support that helped her to remain in power for 45 years.
3. Finally, Elizabeth I demonstrated the importance of having a strong sense of self and confidence in one's own abilities. She was unafraid to make difficult decisions and stood firm in her convictions.