Quote

I have no desire to make windows into men's souls.

Elizabeth I

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Elizabeth I
Age: 69 †
Born: 1533
Born: September 7
Died: 1603
Died: March 24
Politician
Queen Of England
Greenwich Palace
The Virgin Queen
Gloriana
Good Queen Bess
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth Tudor
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth
Queen of England Elizabeth I
the Virgin Queen Elizabeth
Queen of England Elisabetta I
Queen of England Elisabeth I
Queen of England Bess
Desire
Soul
Make
Windows
Souls
Window

More quotes by Elizabeth I

Image
I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.
Elizabeth I
Image
[On Thomas Seymour's death:] This day died a man of much wit and very little judgment.
Elizabeth I
Image
Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst
Elizabeth I
Image
They best pass over the world who trip over it quickly for it is but a bog. If we stop, we sink.
Elizabeth I
Image
The word must is not to be used to princes.
Elizabeth I
Image
Hang Irish harpers wherever found.
Elizabeth I
Image
I do not want a husband who honors me as a queen if he does not love me as a woman.
Elizabeth I
Image
Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.
Elizabeth I
Image
I am no lover of pompous title, but only desire that my name may be recorded in a line or two, which shall briefly express my name, my virginity, the years of my reign, the reformation of religion under it, and my preservation of peace.
Elizabeth I
Image
... [ellipsis in source] it is true that the world was made in six days, but it was by God, to whose power the infirmity of men isnot to be compared.
Elizabeth I
Image
I will be as good unto ye as ever a Queen was unto her people. No will in me can lack, neither do I trust shall there lack any power. And persuade yourselves that for the safety and quietness of you all I will not spare if need be to spend my blood.
Elizabeth I
Image
Affection! Affection is false.
Elizabeth I
Image
I am already bound unto an husband, which is the kingdom of England.
Elizabeth I
Image
I would gladly chastise those who represent things as different from what they are. Those who steal property or make counterfeit money are punished, and those ought to be still more severely dealt with who steal away or falsify the good name of a prince.
Elizabeth I
Image
I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.
Elizabeth I
Image
[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.
Elizabeth I
Image
A good face is the best letter of recommendation.
Elizabeth I
Image
Had I been crested, not cloven, my Lords, you had not treated me thus.
Elizabeth I
Image
Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.
Elizabeth I
Image
I would not open windows into men's souls.
Elizabeth I