Top 808 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Royalties - Page 3

Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune.

If I wanted to do wrong, I could not.

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.

Since by the ordination of God I both am called and am Emperor of the Romans, in nothing but name shall I appear to be ruler if the control of the Roman city be wrested from my hands.

You had better have one King than five hundred.

It must be the aim of education to teach the citizen that he must first of all rule himself.

Be humble in this life, that God may raise you up in the next. Be truly moderate and do not punish or condemn anyone immoderately. Be gentle so that you may never oppose justice. Be honorable so that you may never voluntarily bring disgrace upon anyone. Be chaste so that you may avoid all the foulness of lust like the pangs of death.

The most brilliant qualities become useless when they are not sustained by force of character.

When pride and presumption walk before, shame and loss follow very closely.

Hula is the language of the heart, therefore, the heartbeat of the Hawai'ian people.

Europe cannot confine itself to the cultivation of its own garden.

You have deceived our trust, and made us doff our easy robes of peace, to crush our old limbs in ungentle steel.

The midwife of history is violence.

Didn't you know that people hide love like a flower too precious to be picked?

Whether men lie, or say true, it is with one and the same object.

Thinking is the great enemy of perfection. The habit of profound reflection, I am compelled to say, is the most pernicious of all the habits formed by civilized man.

Methinks love maketh men like Angels.

The body of a dead enemy always smells sweet.

To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.

Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.

In a few generations more, there will probably be no room at all allowed for animals on the earth: no need of them, no toleration of them.

We are come for your good, for all your goods.

People have said, 'Let's build bridges,' and frankly, I want to do more than that. I would like break to the walls of ignorance between East and West.

Only by great risks can great results be achieved.

I know their game. First, the traders and the missionaries: then the ambassadors: then the cannon. It's better to go straight to the cannon.

I am the Roman Emperor, and am above grammar.

We, however, place the love of God and His honour above our own and above the acquisition of many regions

The lights, the music, the stage, and the crowd – putting it all together – magic in the making

Swords can win territories, but not hearts. Forces can bend heads, but not minds.

Let others make war, you happy Austria marry, for kingdoms given to others by Mars, Venus will give to you.

The middle class is growing that's the reality that nobody can stop.

The Congo Free State is unique in its kind. It has nothing to hide and no secrets and is not beholden to anyone except its founder.

The most welcome and painful moments of the life is within marriage.

Verily, the word of Allah teaches us, and we implicitly believe it, that for a Muslim to kill a Jew, or for him to be killed by a Jew, ensures him immediate entry into Heaven and into the august presence of Allah.

The four eaglets are my four sons who cease not to persecute me even unto death. The youngest of them, whom I now embrace with so much affection, will sometime in the end insult me more grievously and more dangerously than any of the others.

I have commanded that my [titulary] abide like the mountains; when the sun shines its rays are bright upon the titulary of my majesty; my Horus is high upon the standard ... forever.

Every time I left for the battlefield I promised this to myself; I must live to see you again. In order to protect you, I promised myself that I must win.

Only Spartan women give birth to real men.

Harris, I am not well; pray get me a glass of brandy.

All necessary measures shall be taken to encourage and stimulate immigration of Jews into Palestine on a large scale.

Evil be to him who evil thinks.

We shall then defeat the whole lot of them in one go!

Let all men know how empty and powerless is the power of kings. For there is none worthy of the name but God, whom heaven, earth and sea obey

Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace.It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.

I admit that Mendeleev has two wives, but I have only one Mendeleev.

The thicker the hay; the easier mowed.

I have now reigned above fifty years in victory and peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to be wanting for my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: they amount to fourteen. O man, place not thy confidence in this present world!

In my end is my beginning.

The highest of distinctions is service to others.

Family is the most important thing in the world.

Be it known that we, the greatest, are misthought.

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

Would that the Roman people had but one neck!

The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. ... There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you're appointed by the king, they don't feel that they're responsible for the people. If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work — because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.

We don't see the global citizen as someone with no identity, but rather someone who has confidence and is proud of his culture and history - and... open to the modern world.

Most worshippers of God are intent on the advancement of their own destiny, not on His worship. In India, no one has ever claimed to be a prophet. The reason is that claims to divinity are customary.

We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children's children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.

Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.

A king should die standing.

Overfishing, global warming and pollution are destroying the ocean.