"No one sat me down with a..." - Quote by Princess Diana
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.
More by Princess Diana
“If I am to care for people in hospital I really must know every aspect of their treatment and to understand their suffering.”
“I think when I came into marriage -- especially when you've had divorced parents like myself... You'd want to try even harder to make it work and you don't want to fall back into a pattern that you've seen happen in your own family. I desperately want it to work; I desperately love my husband and I wanted to share everything together. And I thought that we were a very good team.”
“I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country.”
More on Purpose
“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there.”
More on Public Service
“To those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.”
“I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its Chief Magistrate.”
“I have spent my career as a prosecutor. I've only had one client in my entire life, and that has been the people.”