Jacques Benigne Bossuet Quotes

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.

Velvet and gilding do not make a throne, nor gold and jewels a scepter. It is a throne because the most exalted one sits there,—and a scepter because the most mighty one wields it.

Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.

I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.

Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.

Sirs, strive not: lead men courteously, and my son, to my cousin the prince, and strive not for my taking, for I am so great a lord to make you all rich

I see that I have, as part of my stock in trade, a very regal personality and carriage. I see that I have a kind of strength, a kind of command, and a kind of power that one would associated with a monarch.

I am the herald of the Great King.

My image is that of the King of Gold.

It's great to be queen!

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more.

O kings, exercise your power then boldly, for it is divine and salutary for human kind, but exercise it with humility. You are endowed with it from without. At bottom it leaves you feeble, it leaves you mortal, it leaves you sinners, and charges you before God with a very heavy account.

I am pleased to see such a scientific experiment that would reflect on the glory of my reign..

'Dynasty' is such an appealing title in and of itself, not even knowing about the original series. It's a word that evokes power and legacy and a certain level of epic-ness.

Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest and admiration.

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.

Could I imagine myself as king? Of course I could.

I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.

I am a queen, and I demand to be treated like a queen.

I'm a King. Regardless of what I've been through and what I've done, I present myself as a King. And I get that respect from people, from everybody I deal with. I worked my whole life to establish that respect and make sure I get that respect.

Sure, I'd take the responsibility of queen any day.

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.

I am now a commander of the British Empire.

I stay in France. Better to be the queen of a village than a servant in a kingdom.