We will not have failure - only success and new learning.
Queen VictoriaRead
Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I shall do my utmost to fulfil my duty towards my country; I am very young and perhaps in many, though not in all things, inexperienced, but I am sure that very few have more real good will and more real desire to do what is fit and right than I have.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes a commitment to serving one's country despite youth and inexperience.
Queen Victoria expresses a strong sense of duty and responsibility towards her country, acknowledging her youth and limited experience but asserting her genuine intentions to do what is right. Her determination to fulfill her role illustrates that true leadership comes from a sincere desire to serve and uphold one’s responsibilities, regardless of age or experience.
Themes
DutyLeadershipServingCountryCommitmentResponsibility
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a graduation speech to inspire young leaders to embrace their responsibilities.
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All quotes →The poor fatherless baby of eight months is now the utterly broken-hearted and crushed widow of forty-two! My life as a happy one is ended! the world is gone for me! If I must live on (and I will do nothing to make me worse than I am), it is henceforth for our poor fatherless children - for my unhappy country, which has lost all in losing him - and in only doing what I know and feel he would wish.
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Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us women to go through this very often. God's will be done, and if He decrees that we are to have a great number of children why we must try to bring them up as useful and exemplary members of society.
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There is, however, another subject on which the Queen feels most strongly, and that is this horrible, brutalizing, un-Christian-like vivisection…It must really not be permitted. It is a disgrace to a civilized country.
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