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Nor to be seen: my Crown is call’d Content,

A Crown it is, that seldom Kings enjoy.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

There is no royal road; you’ve got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work.

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake.

The King’s name is a tower of strength—strong, tall, unassailable.

Too many kings can ruin an army.

It’s like chess, you know. The Queen saves the King.

Kings are like stars,- they rise and set, they have the worship of the world, but no repose.

Be royal in your own fashion: act like a king to be treated.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

I am on a Royal Mission. I am in the service of the King of kings.

Everybody must be managed. Queens must be managed. Kings must be managed, for men want managing almost as much as women, and that’s saying a good deal.

For surely a king is first a man. And so it must follow that a king does as all men do: the best he can.

The least we each ought to do for someone who treats us like a king or a queen is to treat them like a prince or a princess.

Your king is supposed to explode? What kind of government system is that?

One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.

There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings.

… alone is such a nebulous state when one is queen.

I respect you as my king, and I respect you as my father, but I do not respect you as a man!

Why be a king, when you can be a god?

The king is the head of the country

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The man without a country, was an orator no one could silence and no one could answer.

In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king.

My first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man… not to democracy, or blood; it’s to a King & a Kingdom.

Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.

What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?

Don’t forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.

I have dined with kings, I’ve been offered wings. And I’ve never been too impressed.

Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes.

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man’s gate and at the palaces of kings.

The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.

You can’t govern without loving the people and without humility!

In war, our elders may give the orders… but it is the young who have to fight.

Take care of brothers and sisters who are weaker… the elderly, the sick, the hungry, the homeless and strangers, because we will be judged on this.

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I have made my will; I have been tormented to do it. I have bought repose; I know the powerlessness and inutility of it.

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

You have only to see what became of my father’s will immediately after his death, and the wills of so many other kings. I know it well; but nevertheless, they have wished it; they gave me no rest nor repose, no calm until it was done.

Has God forgotten all I have done for Him?

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As for restitutions, to nobody in particular do I owe any, but as for those I owe to the realm, I hope in the mercy of God.

Render to God what you owe him; recognize the obligations you are under to him.

King George III’s full name was George William Frederick. He was the ruler of Great Britain and Ireland. Here are some more king quotes, including King George revolutionary war quotes. Enjoy these king quotes!

Was there ever such stuff as great as part of Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you? – What? – Is there not sad stuff?

Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it.

Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this kingdom.

A traitor is everyone who does not agree with me.

We are determined to listen to nothing from the illegal congress.

Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.

King Claudius is a fictional character in William Shakespeare’s famous play ‘Hamlet,’ in which he is a villain. Here are some famous king quotes from Claudius.

To do no evil is good, to intend none better.

No one is free who does not lord over himself.

To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.

No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

David was the king of ancient Israel, and the founder of the Judaean dynasty. He united all the tribes of Israel under a single dynasty. The best quotes by King David are compiled here.

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked.

A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.

There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.

An admirable king allows freedom to the people of the country to express their views. Here are the best king quotes about freedom.

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.

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This is the struggle of every person: be free or be a slave.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

I like it when someone tells me ‘I don’t agree.’ This is a true collaborator. When they say ‘Oh, how great, how great, how great,’ that’s not useful.

Achieving unity can actually make us achieve more, as togetherness gives more success. Here are some quotes about unity that will guide many kings.

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is a success.

Unity has never meant uniformity

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Justice means treating everyone the same and allowing people to enjoy equal rights. Any king has to do justice to the people of his nation.

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Character is the jewel of a person, and the nature of a person can influence society. Here are some king quotes that tell how us important the character of anyone (including a king) is.

Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.

A king lays an example for his people through his own behavior. His moral values and ethical standards make a lot of difference in any country. Here are some king attitude quotes that speak about morality.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners.

Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he’s sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there’s the trick!

Knowing history is essential to understand a country’s culture and customs. Here are some quotes about history that every king should take note of.

A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage

Most kings are part of a partnership, with their queen. Often, the queen is a pillar of strength to the king. Here are some noteworthy king and queen quotes to celebrate the relationships between kings and queens.

I may not be a lion, but I am lion’s cub and I have lion’s heart.

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You better treat her like your queen if you want to be treated like a king.

I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men; they are far superior and always have been.

In every woman, there is a Queen. Speak to the Queen and the Queen will answer.

A man who treats his women like a princess is proof that he was raised by a queen.

All kings and queens are not born of royal bloodlines. Some become royal because of what they do once they realize who they are.

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.

Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?

Brightness Markal! What a disaster that hairstyle is; how brave of you to show it to the world

Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.

‘Just because I do not accept the teachings of the devotaries does not mean I’ve discarded a belief in right and wrong.

No complaining today. You do this thing too much. Do not make me kick you. I do not like kicking. It hurts my toes.

Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.

‘If I should die,’ Dalinar said, ‘then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.‘

I will protect those who cannot protect themselves.

Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.

In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished

Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality — which answers only to my heart — is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution.‘

A man’s emotions are what define him, control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.

Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don’t blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They’re precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?

One can ignore a poor shirtless wretch doing such labor, but none ignore a king sharing the load. Perhaps we should switch places more often. If a king is seen to assume the burden of the poorest of men, perhaps there will be those who will help him with his own load, so invisible, yet so daunting.