Queenship Quotes

“Rule with the heart of a servant. Serve with the heart of a king.”
― Bill Johnson

“(see the gods are long dead,
but the girls are still standing)”
― Elisabeth Hewer

“It is often said that a secure childhood makes the best foundation for a happy life. In marked contrast to her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, Mary Stuart enjoyed an exceptionally cosseted youth. It is left to the judgement of history to decide whether it did, in fact, adequately prepare her for the extreme stresses with which the course of her later life confronted her.”
― Antonia Fraser, Mary Queen of Scots

“Matilda’s innate qualities made her a queen contemporaries could respect. 'Successes did not make her happy, nor did troubles make her sad. Troubles brought a smile to her, successes fear. Beauty did not produce weakness in her, nor power pride; she alone was both powerful and humble, both beautiful and chaste.”
― Alison Weir, Queens of the Conquest