royalty Quotes

Grief is the price we pay for love.

• 77
• sympathy

First feelings are always the most natural.

• 55
• feelings

A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

• 51
• crown

Every man must get to Heaven his own way.

• 31
• Individuality

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

• 25
• Opinion

Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.

• 19
• Blame

My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.

• 18
• truth

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

• 15
• belong

What is the good of experience if you do not reflect.

• 15
• Experience

They say that kings are made in the image of God. If that is what he looks like, I feel sorry for God.

• 14
• Royalty

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

• 13
• Discipline

I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people.

• 11
• actions

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

• 10
• friendship

Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.

• 10
• Religion

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.

• 9
• Loss

People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people.

• 8
• ambitious

If the people have no bread, let them eat cake.

• 8
• Service

Talents go by nature not by birth.

• 7
• Talent

Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.

• 7
• Patriotism

Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

• 6
• god

I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.

• 6
• burden

I praise loudly. I blame softly.

• 6
• blame

At times I experience hardship in trying to find the proper point of balance between traditional things and my own personality.

• 5
• balance

All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

• 5
• heaven

Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.

• 5
• Pride

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.

• 5
• Management

An educated people can be easily governed.

• 5
• Government

They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?

• 4
• compromise

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

• 4
• calm

Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people.

• 4
• kind

Every man has a wild beast within him.

• 4
• beast

If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.

• 4
• Philosophy

Rogues, would you live forever?

• 4
• Military

The highest of distinctions is service to others.

• 4
• Leadership

The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved.

• 3
• age

Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone.

• 3
• another

All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise.

• 3
• comforts

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

• 3
• average

The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.

• 3
• head

He speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting.

• 3
• Politics

I must in the face of a storm, think, live and die as a king.

• 3
• Fate

How is the Empire?

• 3
• Empire

I love opposition that has convictions.

• 3
• Dissent

In trying to defend everything he defended nothing.

• 3
• Concentration

It is not cowardly, quite the contrary, to seek to meet the adversary and know his intentions. However, it is cowardly, shameful and treasonable to lay down arms.

• 2
• adversary

Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.

• 2
• faithfulness

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.

• 2
• chosen

When you're bored with yourself, marry and be bored with someone else.

• 2
• bored

I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.

• 2
• europe

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.

• 2
• affair