Elizabeth I Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

10 Famous Quotes by Elizabeth I
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“If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Worthies of England (vol. I, p. 419), by Thomas Fuller, (written on window pane under words written
“The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow.”
Argument Quotes
Source: about Mary Queen of Scots
“As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.”
Opinion Quotes
Source: Godly Meditacyon of the Christian Sowle
“Neuer thinke you fortune can beare the sway, Where Virtue's force, can cause her to obay.”
Fortune Quotes
Source: preserved by George Putnam in his "Art of Poesie", bk. III, "Of Ornament"
“. . . Therefore I am wel pleased to take any coulor to defend your honour and hope you wyl remember that who seaketh two strings to one bowe, he may shute strong but never strait.”
Prudence Quotes
Source: Letter X, to James VI
“If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.”
Fear Quotes
Source: Worthies of England (vol. I, p. 419), by Thomas Fuller, (written on window pane under words written
“If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.”
Ambition Quotes
Source: Worthies of England (vol. I, p. 419), by Thomas Fuller, (written on window pane under words written
“'Twas God the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what the word did make it, That I believe and take it. - Elizabeth I,”
Doctrine Quotes
Source: in Clark's "Ecclesiastical History--Life of Queen Elizabeth", p. 94 (edition 1675)
“All my possessions for a moment of time”
Last words Quotes
“All my possessions for a moment of time.”
Famous last words Quotes