Top 114 Quotes & Sayings by Princess Diana - Page 2

My God. What's happened?

I am always going to be true to myself.

I understand that change is frightening for people, especially if there's nothing to go to. It's best to stay where you are. I understand that.

I've got what my mother's got - however bloody you are feeling you can put on the most amazing show of happiness.

Being constantly in the public eye gives me a special responsibility, particularly that of using the impact of photographs to transmit a message, to sensitize the word to an important cause, to defend certain values.

The people that I care about are the people out there on the street. I can identify with them.

From the first day I joined that family, nothing could be done naturally any more.

Everybody knew about the bulimia in the family. And they all blamed the failure of the marriage on the bulimia and it's taken them time to think differently. I said I was rejected, I didn't think I was good enough for this family, so I took it out on myself. I could have gone to alcohol. I could have been anorexic. I chose to hurt myself instead of hurting all of you.

I am all about caring. I have always been like that.

I'd like people to think of me as someone who cares about them.

My first thoughts are that I should not let people down, that I should support them and love them.

I wish all the mothers, fathers and children out there realize how much I need them and how much I value their support.

Death doesn't frighten me.

I adore him I have never been so happy. I have real love.

Don't call me an icon. I'm just a mother trying to help.

You see yourself as a good product that sits on a shelf and sells well, and people make a lot of money out of you.

I'd like to be queen of people's hearts.

Whatever 'in love' means.

I think when I came into marriage -- especially when you've had divorced parents like myself... You'd want to try even harder to make it work and you don't want to fall back into a pattern that you've seen happen in your own family. I desperately want it to work; I desperately love my husband and I wanted to share everything together. And I thought that we were a very good team.

No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, This is what is expected of you. But... I'm lucky enough in the fact that I have found my role... I love being with people.

I am not a political figure. The fact is I am a humanitarian figure and always will be.

I always thought Camilla was the perfect love match with Charles.

Yes, I do touch. I believe that everyone needs that

All people want to be touched.

I have a woman's instinct and it's always a good one.

It took a long time to understand why people were so interested in me, but I assumed it was because my wonderful husband had done a lot of wonderful work leading up to our marriage and our relationship. But then, over the years, you see yourself as a good product that sits on a shelf and sells well. People make a lot of money out of you.

I love to hold people's hands when I visit hospitals, even though they are shocked because they haven't experienced anything like it before, but to me it is a normal thing to do.

I'm a free spirit - unfortunately for some.

I am not a political figure, nor do I want to be one; but I come with my heart.

It has always been my concern to touch people with leprosy, trying to show in a simple action that they are not reviled, nor are we repulsed.

I went to the school and put it to William, particularly, that if you find someone you love in life, you must hang onto it, and look after it, and if you were lucky enough to find someone who loved you, then you must protect it.

As for becoming queen, it was never on the forefront of my mind when I married my husband. It was a long way off, that thought.

Call me Diana, not Princess Diana.

It is a weakness that I lead from my heart, and not my head?

The public wanted a fairy princess to come and touch them and everything would turn to gold. Little did they realise that the individual is crucifying herself inside because she didn't think she was good enough.

I love meeting people and helping them.

I don't go by the rule book

I went to the top lady, the Queen, sobbing and I said, ''What do I do? I'm coming to you, what do I do?''And she said, ''I don't know what you should do, Charles is hopeless''. And that was it, that was help.

[On the birth of son William:] Thank goodness he hasn't got ears like his father.

If I am to care for people in hospital I really must know every aspect of their treatment and to understand their suffering.

I decline to go fox hunting (nor did she want her sons William and Harry to be involved in hunting).

I remember saying to my husband, ''Why? Why have you got this lady around?'' And he said, ''Well, I refuse to be the Prince of Wales who never had a mistress.''

At the age of 19, you always think you are prepared for everything and you think you have the knowledge of what?s coming ahead.

I desperately loved my husband and I wanted to share everything together, and I thought that we were a very good team.

I decline to go fox hunting.

[On the press:] I love working with children, and I have learned to be very patient with them.

Princess Diana was a wonderful, caring philanthropist. She would come sometimes into the church and sit at the back and pray.

The world is too little aware of the waste of life, limb and land which anti-personnel landmines are causing among some of the poorest people on earth.

I remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold people s hands, people used to be shocked because they d never seen this before. To me it was quite normal.

I thought I was the luckiest girl in the world. I had tremendous hope in me.

Everywhere I go I smell fresh paint.

As always, a million heartfelt thanks for bringing such joy into this chick's life.

My husband asked for the separation and I supported it. We had struggled to keep it going, but obviously we'd both run out of steam.

I am never going to get divorced, and that's that.