Kate Williams Quotes

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.

A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

I know the title of a King is a glorious title, but assure yourself that the shining glory of princely authority hath not so dazzled the eyes of our understanding, but that we well know and remember that we also are to yield an account of our actions before the Great Judge.

Being queen is overrated.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.

And then when they picked me as premiere, I don't think I feel, you know, different. For me, the position mean responsibility, but that's all.

I am the guardian of power, not its owner.

It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.

It is the lot of a king to do well but to be ill spoken of.

I am only the Security Council's servant, though not always its humble one.

I’d like to be a queen of people’s hearts ... but I don’t see myself being Queen of this country.

All empire is no more than power in trust.

Kings are the publick Pillars of the State Born to sustain and prop the Nation's weight.

And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all.

It's great to be queen!

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.

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

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or their responsible agents - a maxim not less true in private than in public affairs.

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.

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.