It is important to be optimistic and to look for the best in every situation.

Lord Aberdeen was quite touched when I told him I was so attached to the dear, dear Highlands and missed the fine hills so much. There is a great peculiarity about the Highlands and Highlanders; and they are such a chivalrous, fine, active people.

I have always believed in the importance of fostering positive relationships and connections.

It is important to be compassionate and understanding towards others.

Affairs go on, and all will take some shape or other, but it keeps one in hot water all the time.

The happiness of my people is a testament to the values and principles I hold dear.

Good Hock (Hochheimer) keeps off the Doc.

His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only enjoying that for which it was worthy!

Do not to let your feelings (very natural and usual ones) of momentary irritation and discomfort be seen by others don’t (as you so often did and do) let every little feeling be read in your face and seen in your manner .

She was such a beautiful and sweet creature… and so full of tricks.

The best way to achieve success is through hard work, dedication, and perseverance.

I am every day more convinced that we women, if we are to be good women, feminine and amiable and domestic, are not fitted to reign; at least it is they that drive themselves to the work which it entails.

I am grateful for the support and encouragement of those around me.

Oh! If those selfish men, who are the cause of all one’s misery, only knew what their poor slaves go through! What suffering, what humiliation to the delicate feelings of a poor woman, above all a young one, especially with those nasty doctors.

The happiness of my people is a reflection of the positive changes and progress that have been made.

I am deeply committed to the principles of justice and equality for all.

That Book, the Bible, accounts for the supremacy of England. England has become great & happy by the knowledge of the true God through Jesus Christ.

The best way to make a positive impact is to lead with kindness and compassion.

No civilization is complete which does not include the dumb and defenseless of God’s creatures within the sphere of charity and mercy.

Bring me a cup of tea and the ‘Times.’

I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.

It is important to be grateful for the opportunities and blessings that life has to offer.

Everybody grows but me.

The love of a mother is the greatest gift of all.

The best way to solve a problem is to face it head-on.

In times of trial, we must cling to our faith and trust in God.

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

I am sure that the future will be bright and full of promise.

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

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must dislike these masculine occupations.

There is nothing like a good walk to clear the mind.

The greatest thing is to be at peace with oneself.

I am very glad to hear that you are well and happy.

Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them.

Being married gives one one’s position like nothing else can.

The danger to the country, to Europe, to her vast Empire, which is involved in having all these great interests entrusted to the shaking hand of an old, wild, and incomprehensible man of 82, is very great!

Oh! was ever woman so blessed as I am.

To be a queen is not a matter of being on a throne, but of being in the hearts of the people.

A queen is not a queen until she has a nation behind her.

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.

I do not care to be a great queen. I care to be a good queen.

Nothing will turn a man’s home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.

The great thing about the British people is their unshakable faith in themselves.

When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl – and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to – which you can’t deny is the penalty of marriage.

We will not have failure – only success and new learning.

I have always been fond of the Dutch and the Dutch are fond of me.

The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of ‘Women’s Rights’. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself.

It is a very painful thing to lose one’s children.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object – and the prettiest is frightful.

Were women to “unsex” themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surely perish without male protection.

If I am to be a queen, then I must be a queen.

Just close your eyes – and think of England.

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

I am every day more convinced that we are all, by nature, equal.

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