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150 Queen Quotes That Reveal Timeless Words Of Inspiration

150 Queen Quotes That Reveal Timeless Words Of Inspiration

These queen quotes are made of strength, grace, and leadership. Let’s check them out!

My Favorite Queen Quotes

1. “You better treat her like your queen, If you want to be treated like a king.” ― Moosa Rahat

You better treat her like your queen, If you want to be treated like a king

2. “Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.” ― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

3. “These people will try to manipulate you, try to bring you down but remember baby girl you are a queen, own your crown.” ― Nikki Rowe

4. “No Queen has clean hands.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

5. “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.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

6. “As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her better. Let her be hated forever.” ― Costanza Casati, Clytemnestra

7. “Perhaps I cannot make my people good, she told herself, but I should at least try to make them a little less bad.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

8. “Regardless of whether it’s me or someone else, there will always be a kingdom, a throne, and a queen.” ― Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades

9. “Always have your internal tiara on and have a queendom mindset. Your castle, which is your mind, body and soul, is a no negativity zone.” ― Janna Cachola

10. “You will not always be so small or so frightened,’ she told me. ‘You are a queen.” ― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

Classy Queen Quotes

1. “A queen

offers her hand to be kissed,

& can form it into a fist

while smiling the whole damn time.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

A queen offers her hand to be kissed

2. “For most of my life I have been adored by fools and hated by people of good sense, and they all make up stories about me in which I am either a saint or a whore. But I am above these judgments, I am a Queen.” ― Philippa Gregory, The Other Queen

3. “My care is like my shadow in the sun,

Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it,

Stand and lie by me, doth what I have done.” ― Elizabeth I

4. “If you want to find a King, act like a Queen.” ― Tamerlan Kuzgov

5. “I’m a boss! A diamond in the rough! A Queen of Queens and I do dare say this, a magical and mysterious mermicorn.” ― Helen Edwards, Nothing Sexier Than Freedom

6. “To be the queen of an ancient kingdom, even the abdicated queen, apparently counts for nothing in the universal scheme of things.” ― Candas Jane Dorsey, Black Wine

7. “On the night when the moons are under the veil of a storm, a daughter to the crown shall be born.” ― S.P. Jordans, The Frozen Abyss

8. “The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.” ― Marianne Williamson, A Woman’s Worth

9. “All things are possible at the castle.” ― Alyssa Moon, Delphine and the Silver Needle

10. “[W]hen my little girl was born, I put my finger in her tiny hand, and she opened her eyes and squeezed it so tightly. And I looked at her, and I realized that she was more powerful than any delicate princess I’d read about. I’d just given birth to a queen. A girl who would grow up to be strong and brave. So I called her Queenie.” ― Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie

11. “Queen, do not allow a commoner to dethrone you. Own that throne. You are royalty.” ― Gift Gugu Mona, Woman of Virtue: Power-Filled Quotes for a Powerful Woman

12. “A queen should weave peace, not punish the innocent with loss of life for imagined insults.” ― Beowulf

13. “Someday soon you’ll call me Queen.” ― Nicki Pau Preto, Heart of Flames

14. “A woman of virtue does thrive on pity. And she does not let anyone treat her like a wastebin. She knows she is a Queen.” ― Gift Gugu Mona, Woman of Virtue: Power-Filled Quotes for a Powerful Woman

15. “You are a queen. So walk in your royalty.” ― Angel Moreira

16. “Luna pursed her lips. She might be his queen, but he would never be her King. “Kings cherish their queens, not destroy them,” she said before she realized she had said it.” ― Kayla Krantz, Rise at Twilight

17. “The most truly eccentric dresser in this country is the Queen, who pays no attention whatsoever to fashion” ― Kate Fox, Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour

18. “Every day when you wake up, there is a crown prepared for you. Each day, forsake everything and everyone that will try to keep you from it.” ― C. JoyBell C.

19. “When dealing with relationships in life you can not play your queen of hearts like a three of clubs.” ― Angel Moreira

20. “Her pride is bigger than your ego,

Sharper than your ugly words

And it has always been there for her to walk as a queen;

No matter what her pretty eyes have ever seen …” ― Samiha Totanji

Strong Queen Quotes

1. “A King and Queen cannot support a crown with eyes looking down. Their universe expands as far as you can see.” ― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

A King and Queen cannot support a crown with eyes looking down

2.  “And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too.” ― Queen Elizabeth I

3. “A true plague of a girl. And yet a queen in every sense of the word.” ― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

4. “Tonight is a night to turn heads. Make them remember you. Make sure they never forget. You are the Calipha of Khorasan, and you have the ear of a king.” Despina put her hand on Shahrzad’s shoulder and grinned at their shared reflection. “More important, you have his heart.” She bent forward and lowered her voice. “And, most important, you are a fearsome thing to behold in your own right.” ― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

5. “I grieve and dare not show my discontent,

I love and yet am forced to seem to hate,

I do, yet dare not say I ever meant,

I seem stark mute but inwardly do prate.

I am and not, I freeze and yet am burned,

Since from myself another self I turned.

My care is like my shadow in the sun,

Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it,

Stand and lie by me, doth what I have done.” ― Elizabeth I, Her Life in Letters

6. “Is that . . . has it all been for that? The tea party, the letters, what you said at the festival . . . all of it, no more than an attempt to steal my heart so you could take it back to your queen?’

‘The easiest way to steal something,’ Jest murmured, ‘is for it to be given willingly.” ― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

7. “Queen Elizabeth II will be a symbol of kindness and caring for others!” ― Lily Amis

8. “Queen Elizabeth II will always be remembered and admired for her discipline and unconditional sense of duty and humanity.” ― Lily Amis

9. “You. Are. A. Queen. All you gotta do is realize that and there is nothing that is too good for you, understand?” ― Laylah Roberts, Her Daddy’s Jewel

10. “Come on, fight me as a queen would.” ― Rebecca Ross, The Queen’s Rising

11. “Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who Do I see Before Me? I see a Girl Who Is Fearless Because Her Reflection Reflects Her Faith.” ― Kailin Gow

12. “You don’t turn your back on your destiny.” ― Trine Villemann, Queen of Deception

13. “Real kings and queens are people whose heads are crowned with dreams as they sit on the throne of passion. They rule with visions in the regalia of inspirations!” ― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

See also: 250 Passion Quotes To (Re)Kindle Your Inner Flame

14. “But I knew something that Elena hadn’t. That the measure of a true queen didn’t lie in her magic. It had more to do with who she was, and what she was willing to give of herself, than it did with the powers she possessed” ― Kimberly Derting, The Offering

15. “I feel like the queen of the oven! I am the Queen of all oven-dry! Master of heat! You may now address me as “Your Royal Highness”!” ― Elizabeth Duivenvoorde

16. “Long live the King, said the Queen. Without him I would have been nothing.” ― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

17. “At a time when hopelessness and despair loom over the world, Queen Elizabeth torched a candle of hope, and acceptance, helping to show us what was possible.” ― Qamar Rafiq

18. “Faith communities will remember Queen Elizabeth, for their warm relationship with her, with a particular commitment to interfaith dialogue and harmony.” ― Qamar Rafiq

19. “The real royal bloodline is the Spencer family, hence Charles marriage to Diana. It has been said that Princess Diana’s bloodline goes back to Mary Magdalene and Jesus Christ. Her brother Charles Edward Maurice Spencer is a contender for the throne.” ― William Dingwall, What Happened When I Was Asleep

20. “The world needs your unique path; chart it fearlessly.” ― Maheshika Halbeisen, The Job Well Done: The Queen’s Way to Successful Leadership

Quotes About Being A Queen

1. “I wore my crown long before the king came.” ― Sanita Belgrave

2. “Her voice is still pitched high, thanks to her youth, but it has a certain incipient darkness to it, a low richness that will mature in the coming years to the smoky tones of a priestess or a queen — a woman of great natural power.” ― Libbie Hawker, Daughter of Sand and Stone

3. “Of all public figures and benefactors of mankind, no one is loved by history more than the literary patron. Napoleon was just a general of forgotten battles compared with the queen who paid for Shakespeare’s meals and beer in the tavern. The statesman who in his time freed the slaves, even he has a few enemies in posterity, whereas the literary patron has none. We thank Gaius Maecenas for the nobility of soul we attribute to Virgil; but he isn’t blamed for the selfishness and egocentricity that the poet possessed. The patron creates ‘literature through altruism,’ something not even the greatest genius can do with a pen.” ― Roman Payne

4. “In no man’s land, alien is the queen.” ― Toba Beta

5. “Queen gave music a purpose in life and death.” ― Anthony T. Hincks

6. “Sometimes, men too, deserve to be spoiled, told they are handsome,

Told their efforts are appreciated and should also be made secure,

If he treats you like a Queen, treat him like a King” ― Dido Stargaze

7. “Long live the Queen, long may she reign” ― Tabitha Harding-Chestney, Ashen Rose

8. “When she was seven years old, her tutor asked her what a queen’s role was. Her answer was laughed at, scorned and refused, for she said that a queen’s role was ‘Be just. Have courage. And rule.” ― Nikita Gill, Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters

9. “, I want you to know, you are the perfect mother and friend,

And you are flawless – a woman of substance, and a brave queen!” ― Neelam Saxena Chandra, Winter Shall fade

10. “Alas! For she was pitted against a foe beyond the strength of her mind or body. And those who will take a weapon to such an enemy must be sterner than steel, if the very shock shall not destroy them. It was an evil doom that set her in his path. For she is a fair maiden, fairest lady of a house of queens. And yet I know not how I should speak of her. When I first looked on her and perceived her unhappiness, it seemed to me that I saw a white flower standing straight and proud, shapely lily, and yet knew that it was hard, as if wrought by elf-wrights out of steel. Or was it, maybe a frost that had turned its sap to ice, and so it stood, in bitter-sweet, still fair to see, but stricken, soon to fall and die?” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

See also: Ultimate Collection of 190 Best Lord Of The Rings  Quotes

11. “She didn’t want to be a queen. She didn’t want a war. She wanted peace. She wanted to protect others like her, to make the world safe for animages again. Veronyka wanted to fly in a flock, to be part of the Phoenix Rider resurgence, to stand among her fellows with pride and confidence, not above them.” ― Nicki Pau Preto, Heart of Flames

See also: 220 Confident Girl Quotes To Uplift & Motivate You

12. “They can award me with the greatest accolades

and reward me with the finest diamonds.

They can name days and streets after me,

canonise and celebrate me.

They can make me the queen of their kingdom,

the president of their nation.

They can carry my picture in their wallets

and whisper my name in their prayers

but, tell me, what is all this worth

if your voice isn’t the one calling me home?” ― Kamand Kojouri

13. “I never saw her again. But even now, as an old man, I remember her as clearly as if she were standing before me. She was ice personified. There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.” ― Marie Lu, The Midnight Star

14. “In the beginning the queen had been a courageous and fair-minded princess very much liked by all, but unfortunately she grew up and became a frightened adult, as adults tend to be. She started loving efficiency and avoiding conflict. As adults do.” ― Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry

15. “In bad times, a king or a queen can be a rock for the waters to crash against, so those less strong are not washed away. I will be such a rock. Only give me a chance, sweet Zoria, and I will be a rock for my people.” ― Tad Williams, Shadowheart

16. “In my head, I am Zelda

and this is my party, but the truth is

it’s almost morning, truth is

I’m the worker bee and not the queen.” ― Kelli Russell Agodon, Dialogues with Rising Tides

17. “No one can talk about meritocracy in the UK until the monarchy has gone. This is the 21st century, for God’s sake. There is no justification for a monarchy. It symbolizes every conceivable force of anti-meritocracy and unequal opportunities: one rule for them and a different rule for everybody else. The only legitimate “monarch” would be one of Plato’s philosopher kings: the non-hereditary smartest person in the country. Imagine how different the UK would be if its head of state were its most intelligent person, from any background, rather than some old German pensioner with no discernible talents whatsoever. Mark Antony said to Octavian, “You, boy, owe everything to your name.” Likewise, the Queen of England owes everything to her name. She has nothing else to commend her.” ― Mark Romel, Theresa May: The Bankruptcy of British Politics

18. “Why must I always be a man’s servant?” Lada demanded. “If anything, I should be partners with the devil, not his servant.” ― Kiersten White, Now I Rise

19. “A queen—a queen who bowed to no one, a queen who had faced them all down and triumphed. A queen who owned her body, her life, her destiny, and never apologized for it.” ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

20. “Even when she’s dethroned by hardship, she still wears the sun as a crown.” ― Curtis Tyrone Jones

Powerful Queen Quotes

1. “I was a princess made of ashes; there is nothing left of me to burn.

Now it’s time for a queen to rise.” ― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

2. “A queen could leave her throne.

But a mother never leaves her son.” ― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

3. “You are enough to drive a saint to madness or a king to his knees.” ― Grace Willows, To Kiss a King

4. “They should have warned you that little princesses grow up to be red rocks and raging seas, fire dragons and warrior queens.” ― Melody Lee, Vine: Book of Poetry

See also: 190 Inspiring Warrior Quotes To Conquer Your Battles

5. “The world stopped fighting for me long ago,

I had to rely on self and pave a path on my own.

Some of us women are fierce beyond our means,

We are raised by warriors to be nothing but queens.” ― Nikki Rowe

6. “. . . Marie Antoinette established herself as a force to be reckoned with – as a queen who commanded as much attention as the most dazzling king or mistress, and whose imposing stature had nothing to do with her maternal prospects.” ― Caroline Weber, Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution

7. “I have to be seen to be believed.” ― Queen Elizabeth II

8. “You need to decide where your loyalty lies!” ― S.P. Jordans, The Frozen Abyss

See also: 130 Loyalty Quotes On A Virtue Worth More Than Gold

9. “Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

10. “If I die, all of you will rise back up… You will tell him that you fight in the name of the Queen and that you shall avenge her!” ― S.P. Jordans, The Frozen Abyss

11. “Welcome to the feminine world, Dan. Either I look like trash or as if the queen herself had invited me out.” ― Ivy Oakes, What if Stars Don’t Die

12. “Oh, God will save her, fear you not:

Be you the men you’ve been,

Get you the sons your fathers got,

And God will save the Queen.” ― A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad

13. “You gave me the power and now you shall obey me!” ― S.P. Jordans, The Crossing Pit

14. “A sense of tightness, of long-awaited justice, expanded in Avalkyra’s chest. This is how it was meant to be: Avalkyra standing proud, a queen once more, and her loyal subjects bowing before her.” ― Nicki Pau Preto, Heart of Flames

15. “Ignore the obstacles. Just put your head down and keep walking forward.” ― Teresa Robeson, Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom (Volume 6)

16. “Rulership does not sit comfortably on any worthy head.” ― Rhiannon Thomas, Long May She Reign

17. “The more you get in touch with your sensuality, the more you release your man’s potential to treat you like a queen.” ― Lebo Grand

18. “You are the only male I want, Grim, but I want it all; the good… the bad… the happy, and the sad. I want to stand beside you, not behind. I want to be your Queen, Grim,” ― M.K. Eidem, Grim

19. “Welcome back, my queen,” she said, and dark eyes shining, Hades saved me.” ― Sarah Diemer, The Dark Wife

20. “Always wear an internal crown and have a queendom mindset. A queen is a leader and role model.” ― Janna Cachola

Beautiful Queen Quotes

1. “Queenliness is next to Godliness” ― Janna Cachola

2. “You do realize you just referred to yourself as the queen. That means you agreed.

I am going to kill you.

So long as you kiss me again before you do.” ― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

3. “,,,you think it was sunrise I was waiting for and not my queen. Do you not hear her footfalls? She has never quite managed the trick of hiding them as well as one of the Folk. Surely you’ve heard of her, Jude Duarte, who defeated the redcap Grima Mog, who brought the Court of Teeth to their knees? She’s forever getting me out of scrapes. Truly, I don’t know what I would do without her.” ― Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

4. “My name is Aelin Ashryver Galathynius. And I am the Queen of Terrasen.” ― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

5. “Not consort, not wife. Feyre is High Lady of the Night Court. My equal in every way; she would wear my crown, sit on a throne beside mine. Never sidelined, never designated to breeding and parties and child rearing. My queen.” ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

6. “There was one my dad told me, setting down the book, since he knew the story by heart, about a fairy queen who lived in the center of the marsh. She was both beautiful and terrible, angry at times and kind at others, and rarely seen by mortals. Mostly she took the form of a great blue heron, surveying her kingdom and all the creatures in it. She disdained most humans, except those she helped make the passage into the next world. But if a living person had a sincere wish and she deemed it noble, she would rise up out of the swamp in her true form, with her Spanish-moss hair and her eyes like the sharpest sunbeams, and she would ask the human to perform a nearly impossible task. If they did, she would grant the wish.” ― Virginia Hartman, The Marsh Queen

7. “A girl looks for a King to be a Queen.” ― Tamerlan Kuzgov

8. “Angels come in different shapes, and I don’t think that there is a queen inhabiting the earth except you, my wonderful beauty” ― Majed Alaa

9. “Those who don’t play chess think the king is the strongest piece because the game ends when he dies, but they don’t stop to think that if the queen dies first, the king doesn’t have a chance to survive.” ― Rina Kent, Cruel King

10. “The Empire State Building is a lady. She’s like the queen in chess, the most powerful piece. She’s like America.” ― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

11. “Sometimes a man with eyes still can’t see you as the beautiful queen you are.” ― Angel Moreira

12. “I’ll die as a villain if it means she can stay a queen.” ― Sai Pradeep

13. “A crown of stars to the queen of dreams.” ― Raneem Yacoub throne of deception

14. “A crown of kisses to the queen of dreams.” ― Albert Camus

15. “I love the way he says my name. With the elegance and utmost respect of a King, just before he bows to his Queen.” ― M.J. Abraham

16. “I’ve always said, if you treat yourself like a queen, you’ll attract a king.” ― Pepa

17. “When you are a real queen, there is absolutely no reason to try and make people believe that you are one. Because you just are. Life is lived with grace, courage, and serenity. If you must dedicate any amount of time and mental ability to making anyone believe that you are one; you’re not!” ― C. JoyBell C.

See also: 210 Best Quotes About Courage To Unleash Your Inner Hero

18. “You are a Queen. Let mine be the joy of giving you your kingdom.” ― Katherine Mansfield, The Garden Party and Other Stories

19. “I asked a queen once why she didn’t want me. She wasn’t a powerful queen, not a monarch of Spain or of Albania. Just a little kingdom of nowhere, but she married well and she had a crown. The queen of nowhere looked at me with her clear grey eyes and said: “Because I don’t want to be in a story.” Princesses usually grow up to be queens. The cleverness sticks long after the beauty goes.” ― Catherynne M. Valente, The Folded World

20. “I am a queen” she observes. “It is natural that men are going to gather round me, hoping for a smile.” ― Philippa Gregory, The Lady of the Rivers

Inspirational Queen Quotes

1. “In English she is known as a “Housewife”! 

In Arabic, she is known as “Rabbaitul Bait” or “The Queen of The House” ― Readbeach.com

2. “People are like bees. They’re all workers who could be queens, with the right stuff, but once a queen-making has begun, it can’t be reversed. A bee that’s half way a queen can’t turn back into a worker. She’d starve. She must keep growing and then she must leave.” ― Natasha Pulley, The Bedlam Stacks

3. “Queen Elizabeth II experienced two

world wars and was the symbol

for global stability even in the most

challenging and difficult times!” ― Lily Amis

4. “Do you even realize what you are asking me to do, you idle man? Do you know how much I am needed here? It really surprises me that you could think of asking me to just walk away with you.”

“You are just a slave here, Mehak. If you come with me you will be a queen.” ― Mukta Singh-Zocchi, The Thugs & a Courtesan

5. “You look like Snow White killed the queen and stole the mirror.” ― V.E. Schwab, Vengeful

6. “Do you see how the sky holds the sun?

In a powerful but effortless way that shows off her beauty and strength?

That’s how a King holds his Queen.” ― J.A. ANUM

7. “If you want to miss your crown, follow the crowd. If you want to wear the crown, go alone and be yourself.” ― Israelmore Ayivor, 101 Keys To Everyday Passion

8. “You are enough to drive a saint to madness or a king to his knees

Excerpt from To Kiss a King by Grace Willows

Coming this summer to Amazon Kindle and paperback.” ― Grace Willows, To Kiss a King

9. “They don’t want a princess. They want a war queen.” ― JM Robison, The War Queen

10. “She’s as old as the hills, evil as a snake, all malevolence and magic and death.” ― Neil Gaiman, Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

11. “For I am soft and made of melting snow;” ― Queen Elizabeth I, On Monsieur’s Departure

12. “I’m a queen with or without a king. Chasing anything is beneath me. Until you’re ready to put away childish things and be my man, my king, someone I can trust to shepherd my soul to the Almighty I have to decline being your wife. I love you with all my heart and soul, but my salvation, life, health, and legacy has to come first now.” ― Kierra C.T. Banks

13. “A man enriches his community. A man teaches and displays leadership qualities for his children. A man by his presence is safety and security for his Queen. The best thing a man can do for this world, his children and Queen is be a man.” ― Carlos Wallace

14. “She had been a great lady, wise and gracious and happy, King Caspian’s bride whom he had brought home from the eastern end of the world. And men said that the blood of the stars flowed in her veins.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair

15. “I have a headache. If only I had a crown to put on!” ― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

16. “I never saw her again. But even now, as an old man, I remember her as clearly as if she were standing before me. She was ice personified. There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.” ― Marie Lu, The Midnight Star

17. “Her hair is full of icy wind and daylight. She is every princess, every queen, in the history book.” ― Lauren DeStefano, Perfect Ruin

18. “You can be the king, but watch the queen conquer.” ― Nicki Minaj

See also: 100 Nicki Minaj Quotes From The Baddest Queen Alive

19. “He placed me on a pedestal, and wondered why his Queen was only a mere doll in the looking glass.” ― Jennifer Megan Varnadore

20. “She shall be my queen, and I her most ardent admirer and protector. A new standard of love shall be established for the ages. Time will clarify my devotion! On this I would gladly stake my very soul!” ― Brandon Mull, Grip of the Shadow Plague

Wise Queen Quotes

1. “The strength of a kingdom comes from its King,

The strength of a King comes from his Queen.” ― Cody Edward Lee Miller

2. “If a man does not treat you like a princess during courtship, he will not treat you like a queen during marriage.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo

3. “Some women have kissed—and some are kissing—a lot of frogs, even though the very first man that they have each kissed was and is still a prince.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

4. “To Queen her is to kill her.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

5. “A king always protects his queen.” ― Moosa Rahat

6. “Be your own Queen of movement” ― Armin Houman

7. “A queen loves where she must not where she will.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

8. “I had to stop running. I had to turn and face my life head on. It wasn’t enough being like everybody else; I had to be the best, and I was going to show everyone what I was truly made of. I was done with being a terrified princess, constantly waiting to be saved. I was going to be a queen, and, like Vivienne said, I had better start behaving like one. ” ― Farah Oomerbhoy, The Last of the Firedrakes

9. “Sometimes you have to sacrifice your queen to capture the king.” ― Aimee Carter, Queen

See also: 200 Empowering Hero Quotes To Ignite Your Brave Heart

10. “If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.” ― Elizabeth I, Collected Works

11. “Out in the country it was not uncommon to discover that she had slipped away, alone, out to the lake, maybe, or down to the cellar, where once I found her sitting in the big marooned sleigh, reading, her fur coat thrown over her knees. Things would have been terrible strange and unbalanced without her. She was the Queen who finished out the suit of dark Jacks, dark King, and Joker.” ― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

12. “I’d decided that I was going to stop dressing like a princess and start dressing like a queen.” ― Kiera Cass, The Queen

13. “If you want to be a King, you must first kneel before your Queen.” ― MissTammy Cantellia

14. “Sometimes he thinks of me as a child he must protect, and sometimes as a woman he would like to bed, but does he ever truly see me as his queen?” ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

15. “When Eleanor was a little girl, she’d thought her mom looked like a queen, like the star of some fairy tale.

Not a princess – princesses are just pretty. Eleanor’s mother was beautiful. She was tall and stately, with broad shoulders and an elegant waist. All of her bones seemed more purposeful than other people’s. Like they weren’t just there to hold her up, they were there to make a point.” ― Rainbow Rowell

16. “I am a queen because I know how to govern myself.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

17. “If getting my way as ruler is always going to be so difficult, I’ll have to choose my battles carefully, or spend the rest of my life in a state of perpetual exhaustion.” ― Stacey Jay, Of Beast and Beauty

18. “Treat me like a king and I’ll treat you like a queen……….Treat me like a queen and off with your head” ― Josh Stern, And That’s Why I’m Single: What Good Is Having A Lucky Horseshoe Up Your Butt When The Horse Is Still Attached?

19. “I’d have been queen of all England, but Massachusetts haunted me and wouldn’t let me go.” ― C.F. Joyce

20. “I am terrified of being bored.” ― Marie Antoinette

Final Word

Having read these inspiring queen quotes, we see how much their words, as well as words about them are powerful. 

These quotes from and about queens of the past show us the importance of strength, courage, and leadership. Their messages are simple yet deep, encouraging us to find our own strength and to lead with confidence. 

Let these quotes be a reminder that wisdom and inspiration can come from the past, helping us to face our own challenges. These words from queens can obviously continue to motivate and guide us in our everyday lives!

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