Princess of Wales Diana Quotes

Princess of Wales Diana shares candid, witty reflections on family, love and identity.

36 quotes

  1. When I started my public life, twelve years ago, I understood the media might be interested in what I did. I realized then their attention would inevitably focus on both our private and public lives. But I was not aware of how overwhelming that attention would become. Nor the extent to which it would affect both my public duties and my personal life, in a manner, that's been hard to bear. At the end of this year, when I've completed my diary of official engagements, I will be reducing the extent of the public life I've lead so far.

  2. Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.

  3. She won't go quietly, that's the problem. I'll fight to the end, because I believe that I have a role to fulfill, and I've got two children to bring up.

  4. I'd like to be a queen of people's hearts, in people's hearts, but I don't see myself being Queen of this country. I don't think many people will want me to be Queen.

  5. I do things differently, because I don't go by a rule book, because I lead from the heart, not the head, and albeit that's got me into trouble in my work, I understand that.

  6. Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.

  7. Oh, no, it's not dogs I don't like -- it's corgis. They get the blame for all the farts.

  8. Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.

  9. Don't call me an icon. I'm only a mother trying to help.

  10. They say that it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise, like moderately rich and just moody?

  11. Family is the most important thing in the world.

  12. Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons.

  13. Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be.

  14. I have a woman's instinct, and it's always a good one.

  15. Call me Diana, not Princess Diana.

  16. HIV does not make someone dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug; heaven knows they need it.

  17. We clicked in an intangible way' probably because of our upbringing.

  18. She was fun and accessible, thats why people loved her.

  19. After dinner at a friends house, Diana said, 'Do you have a pair of Marigolds?' I'll do the washing up. The host convinced her there was no need!

  20. Only in storybooks do you get to dance with a princess until midnight. But it happened to me.

  21. I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties.

  22. I understand that change is frightening for people, especially if there's nothing to go to. It's best to stay where you are. I understand that.

  23. Only do what your heart tells you.

  24. People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer to fulfillment. Actually a job is better for me.

  25. All people want to be touched.

  26. I found myself being more and more involved with people who were rejected by society - with drug addicts, alcoholism, battered this, battered that - and I found an affinity there.

  27. If men had to have babies, they would only ever have one each.

  28. Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.

  29. You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable.

  30. If I am to care for people in hospital I really must know every aspect of their treatment and to understand their suffering.

  31. There's no better way to dismantle a personality than to isolate it.

  32. No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, This is what is expected of you. But... I'm lucky enough in the fact that I have found my role... I love being with people.

  33. I decline to go fox hunting (nor did she want her sons William and Harry to be involved in hunting).

  34. Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

  35. I am not a political figure. The fact is I am a humanitarian figure and always will be.

  36. So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.