Quotes by : Elizabeth I

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

[F]rom my years of understanding ... I happily chose this kind of life in which I yet live [i.e., unmarried],....

The past cannot be cured.

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman but I have the heart and stomach of a King and of....

I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and....

As for my own part I care not for death, for all men are mortal; and though I be a woman yet I have as....

If we still advise we shall never do.

If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen....

There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and....

I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.