Quotes by Princess Diana

Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons.
– Princess Diana
Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.
– Princess Diana
Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be.
– Princess Diana
Call me Diana, not Princess Diana.
– Princess Diana
Don't call me an icon. I'm just a mother trying to help.
– Princess Diana
Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.
– Princess Diana
Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves.
– Princess Diana
Family is the most important thing in the world.
– Princess Diana
HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug : Heaven knows they need it.
– Princess Diana
Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children.
– Princess Diana
I adore him... I have never been so happy. I have real love.
– Princess Diana
I am all about caring. I have always been like that.
– Princess Diana
I am not a political figure, nor do I want to be one; but I come with my heart.
– Princess Diana
I don't even know how to use a parking meter, let alone a phone box.
– Princess Diana
I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head.
– Princess Diana
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.
– Princess Diana
I felt compelled to perform - to do my engagements and not let people down. And they supported me, although they weren't aware how much it carried me through.
– Princess Diana
I have a woman's instinct and it's always a good one.
– Princess Diana
I know it's just a job they have to do, but sometimes I do wish they wouldn't.
– Princess Diana
I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am.
– Princess Diana
I live for my sons. I would be lost without them.
– Princess Diana
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.
– Princess Diana
I think like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like myself; you want to try even harder to make it work.
– Princess Diana
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.
– Princess Diana
I understand people's suffering, people's pain, more than you will ever know yourself.
– Princess Diana
I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams.
– Princess Diana
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.
– Princess Diana
I wear my heart on my sleeve.
– Princess Diana
I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties.
– Princess Diana
I wish all the mothers, fathers and children out there realize how much I need them and how much I value their support.
– Princess Diana
I'd like people to think of me as someone who cares about them.
– Princess Diana
I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country.
– Princess Diana
I'm as thick as a plank.
– Princess Diana
I'm aware that people I have loved and have died and are in the spirit world looking after me.
– Princess Diana
I've got to have a place where I can find peace of mind.
– 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.
– Princess Diana
If men had to have babies, they would only ever have one each.
– Princess Diana
If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.
– Princess Diana
It is a weakness that I lead from my heart, and not my head?
– Princess Diana
It's not sissy to show your feeling.
– Princess Diana
Life is just a journey.
– Princess Diana
My first thoughts are that I should not let people down, that I should support them and love them.
– 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.
– Princess Diana
Only do what your heart tells you.
– Princess Diana
People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer to fulfillment. Actually a job is better for me.
– Princess Diana
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 or reward or punishment. Safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.
– Princess Diana
So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.
– Princess Diana
The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.
– Princess Diana
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.
– Princess Diana
The people that I care about are the people out there on the street. I can identify with them.
– Princess Diana
There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.
– Princess Diana
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?
– Princess Diana
This boy is dead now, I knew it before taking him in my arms, I can remember his face, his suffering, his voice.
– Princess Diana
What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy?
– Princess Diana
When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.
– Princess Diana
Whoever is in the distress can call me. I will come running wherever they are.
– Princess Diana
Yes, I do touch. I believe that everyone needs that.
– Princess Diana
You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable.
– Princess Diana