Princess Diana Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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'm a free spirit - unfortunately for some.

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.

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

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

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

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

I decline to go fox hunting.

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

All people want to be touched.

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

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

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

My God. What's happened?

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.

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

... 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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.''

Whatever 'in love' means.

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

I wear my heart on my sleeve.

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 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.

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

It's not sissy to show your feeling.

Everybody needs hugs.

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.