Princess Diana Quotes

“It has always been my concern to touch people with leprosy, trying to show in a simple action that they are not reviled, nor are we repulsed.”

“I'd like people to think of me as someone who cares about them.”

“The press is ferocious. It forgives nothing, it only hunts for mistakes . . . In my position anyone sane would have left a long time ago.”

“I went to the school and put it to William, particularly, that if you find someone you love in life, you must hang onto it, and look after it, and if you were lucky enough to find someone who loved you, then you must protect it.”

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

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

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

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

“One day I'm going to go up in a helicopter and it'll just blow up. MI5 will do away with me”

“I always thought Camilla was the perfect love match with Charles.”

“My first thoughts are that I should not let people down, that I should support them and love them.”

“As for becoming queen, it was never on the forefront of my mind when I married my husband. It was a long way off, that thought.”

“I think like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like myself; you want to try even harder to make it work.”

“At the age of 19, you always think you are prepared for everything and you think you have the knowledge of what?s coming ahead.”

“Don't call me an icon. I'm just a mother trying to help.”

“It's not sissy to show your feeling.”

“I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to be.”

“It is a weakness that I lead from my heart, and not my head?”

“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.”

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

“I am all about caring. I have always been like that.”

“I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure.”

“All people want to be touched.”

“It took a long time to understand why people were so interested in me, but I assumed it was because my wonderful husband had done a lot of wonderful work leading up to our marriage and our relationship. But then, over the years, you see yourself as a good product that sits on a shelf and sells well. People make a lot of money out of you.”

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