Queen Victoria

"The deepest love is that which asks nothing in return."

"Family bonds are strengthened through shared trials and triumphs."

"Hope is the light that guides us through our darkest hours."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."

"Each moment of change is an opportunity for renewal."

"True education teaches us to think, not what to think."

"Knowledge without wisdom is like a ship without a rudder."

"Time is the one currency we cannot earn back; we must spend it wisely."

"The great object of my life has been to endeavour to reign with honor, justice, and mercy."

"I am most anxious to enlist every one who can speak or write to join in stamping out this road to destruction."

"Nothing affords me greater pleasure than to receive commendations from those whose judgment I most value."

"My nature demands a strong hand and a steadfast mind."

"I have always found that the true way to begin to diminish fear in any direction is to go straight to meet it."

"We are not amused by levity in matters of state."

"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."

"I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very weakening to the character."

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

"The love of one's country is a splendid thing, but why should love stop at the border?"

"I am in a most wretched state of worry and annoyance."

"One lives so much better abroad than in this ghastly climate."

"I do love peace and quiet."

"The noise, the crowd, the heat of the season is most fatiguing."

"It is very important to understand that cleverness is not wisdom."

"I have no pleasure in my children. They are more plague than pleasure to me."

"My religion is not a comfortable one, it demands much of me."

"I belong to my people, and I never forget that fact."

"I wish to be a Queen of the hearts of my people."

"Our poor dear Albert is to be found in everything I see, every place I go to."

"The future is dark with storms."

"I prefer to walk, or ride a donkey, but I must ride an elephant when in state."