Quotes from The Crown

He hasn't found happiness. He's found marriage, the very opposite of happiness.

I learned very early on that it's wise not to take things for granted.

In the first flush of a romantic love, we’re all blind. We see only what we want to see.

To do nothing is often the best course of action, but I know from personal experience how frustrating it can be. History was not made by those who did nothing.

It is not my job to govern. But it is my job to ensure proper governance.

In the long reeds of difficulty and pain, that’s where you find the treasure.

That's the thing about unhappiness. All it takes is for something worse to come along and you realize it was actually happiness after all.

Who we are is not what we wear or what glitters. It’s the spirit that defines us.

Some things can only be perceived one way because they only have one meaning.