Princess diana quotes

I was compelled to perform. When I say perform, I was compelled to go out and do my engagements and not let people down and support them and love them. In a way, by being out in public, they supported me although they weren't aware of just how much healing they were giving me. It carried me through.

I'm aware that people I have loved and have died and are in the spirit world looking after me.

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

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.

My God. What's happened?

The people that I care about are the people out there on the street. I can identify with them.

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.

All people want to be touched.

You have so much pain inside yourself that you try & hurt yourself on the outside because you want help.

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

Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children.

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

My husband asked for the separation and I supported it. We had struggled to keep it going, but obviously we'd both run out of steam.

People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.

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.

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.

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.

I remember saying to my husband, ''Why? Why have you got this lady around?'' And he said, ''Well, I refuse to be the Prince of Wales who never had a mistress.''

The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.

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.

I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country.

[On the birth of son William:] Thank goodness he hasn't got ears like his father.

I'm as thick as a plank.

I've got what my mother's got - however bloody you are feeling you can put on the most amazing show of happiness.

The world is too little aware of the waste of life, limb and land which anti-personnel landmines are causing among some of the poorest people on earth.

I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them.

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

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

I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am.

Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves.

Death doesn't frighten me.

There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.

The worse illness of our time, is that so many people have to suffer from never being loved

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

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

Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.

HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.

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

From the first day I joined that family, nothing could be done naturally any more.

I understand people's suffering, people's pain, more than you will every know yourself.

A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.

The public wanted a fairy princess to come and touch them and everything would turn to gold. Little did they realise that the individual is crucifying herself inside because she didn't think she was good enough.

Life is just a journey.

Princess Diana was a wonderful, caring philanthropist. She would come sometimes into the church and sit at the back and pray.

I live for my sons. I would be lost without 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 thought I was the luckiest girl in the world. I had tremendous hope in me.

I don't even know how to use a parking meter, let alone a phone box.

I've got to have a place where I can find peace of mind.

Loneliness is the worst pain in this world. It constantly eats away the person's heart, and can cause the person to hate, to feel enraged. It is like a wound of the heart; the type of wounds that cannot go away with a kiss or a hug. The only thing that can make this great pain go away is love and compassion, another human heart to pull them out of this hell.

I desperately loved my husband and I wanted to share everything together, and I thought that we were a very good team.

I'd like to be queen of people's hearts.

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

[On the press:] I love working with children, and I have learned to be very patient with them.

Family is the most important thing in the world.

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.

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

I went to the top lady, the Queen, sobbing and I said, ''What do I do? I'm coming to you, what do I do?''And she said, ''I don't know what you should do, Charles is hopeless''. And that was it, that was help.

I love to hold people's hands when I visit hospitals, even though they are shocked because they haven't experienced anything like it before, but to me it is a normal thing to do.

It's vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do.

I love meeting people and helping them.

Only do what your heart tells you.

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

Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation of reward or punishment, safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.

... I'm much closer to the people at the bottom than the people at the top, and the latter won't forgive me for it.

Whatever 'in love' means.

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

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.

I am never going to get divorced, and that's that.

I should never have played with fire and I did. And I got very burned.

Call me Diana, not Princess Diana.

I wear my heart on my sleeve.

It's not sissy to show your feeling.

Everybody knew about the bulimia in the family. And they all blamed the failure of the marriage on the bulimia and it's taken them time to think differently. I said I was rejected, I didn't think I was good enough for this family, so I took it out on myself. I could have gone to alcohol. I could have been anorexic. I chose to hurt myself instead of hurting all of you.

Whoever is in the distress can call me. I will come running wherever they are.

The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

I don't go by the rule book

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

If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.

I adore him I have never been so happy. I have real love.

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

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

Being constantly in the public eye gives me a special responsibility, particularly that of using the impact of photographs to transmit a message, to sensitize the word to an important cause, to defend certain values.

The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.

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

What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy?

I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams.

You see yourself as a good product that sits on a shelf and sells well, and people make a lot of money out of you.

I wish all the mothers, fathers and children out there realize how much I need them and how much I value their support.

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

I decline to go fox hunting.

I'm a free spirit - unfortunately for some.

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.

Yes, I do touch. I believe that everyone needs that

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.

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

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.

Everywhere I go I smell fresh paint.

As always, a million heartfelt thanks for bringing such joy into this chick's life.

Everybody needs hugs.

I work on instinct. It's my best adviser.

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

You can't do anything good that you don't feel in your heart.

I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head.

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

I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that.

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.

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

I am always going to be true to myself.

I am not a political figure, nor do I want to be one; but I come with my heart.

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

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 remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold people s hands, people used to be shocked because they d never seen this before. To me it was quite normal.

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.