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

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.

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

Men fight wars. Women win them.

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

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.

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

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.

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

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

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

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

Helplessness in the face of a child's suffering is the curse of parenthood.

I have different routines for different types of chaos. When I find myself swamped with work and surrounded by people, I try to carve out time to walk my dog alone so I can organize my thoughts.

Get around the right people. Associate with positive, goal-oriented people who encourage and inspire you.

I really liked German food. And it's very clean.. It's a very clean country. They kind of get rid of the waste really well... the garbage.

Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and it's forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it.

Older, you know, is obviously relative. You're older if there's somebody younger than you in the room, and you're younger if there's someone older in the room.

If I wasn't in the theater, I would be a hermit.

Unfortunately, most college kids these days aren't coming from any place-they seem to ask the same kind of questions over and over again.

We don't need men with new ideas as much as we need men who will put energy behind the old ideas.