--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: For, what is a family without a steward…" description: "\"For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom wit..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/elizabeth-i-3475_body_for-what-is-a-family-without-a-steward-a_1859047.jpg" --- # For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a… ![“For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.” quote by Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/elizabeth-i-3475_body_for-what-is-a-family-without-a-steward-a_1859047.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/elizabeth-i-3475_body_for-what-is-a-family-without-a-steward-a_1859047.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/elizabeth-i-3475_body_for-what-is-a-family-without-a-steward-a_1859047.jpg) > “For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.” [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A kingdom lacking strong leadership and safety is as vulnerable as a body without a head. **In simple terms:** Good leadership is essential for a safe kingdom. Key Takeaway Prioritize strong, protective governance. Themes leadership security stability governance health Mood serious reflective Type historical inspirational When to use this quote - national policy - company management - family dynamics Key Concepts political theory public safety authority Questions to Reflect On - Who can share leadership responsibilities? - How to ensure safety without a single ruler? A Different Perspective Overreliance on a single leader can create risk. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) [Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/) [Flocks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flocks/) [Good Monarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-monarch-2490186/) [Health](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/health/) [Health and safety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/health-and-safety/) [King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/king/) [Kingdom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kingdom/) [Kingdoms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kingdoms/) [Leadership](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leadership/) [Monarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/monarch/) [Monarchs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/monarchs/) [Pilots](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pilots/) [Safety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/safety/) [Shepherd Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shepherd-body-2490188/) [Shepherds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shepherds/) [Ships](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ships/) [Stewards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stewards/) [Think Kingdom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-kingdom-2490187/) [Thinking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/) ## Related quotes > [Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed; Once I went back when a good monarch prayed; Mortals, howe'er we grieve, howe'er deplore, The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-maeterlinck/once-at-a-potent-leader-s-voice-i-stayed-once-i-went-back-when-a-good/) [Maurice Maeterlinck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-maeterlinck/) > [I have the brain of a German Shepherd and the body of a 16-year-old boy; they’re both in my car and I want you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-saget/i-have-the-brain-of-a-german-shepherd-and-the-body-of-a-16-year-old/) [Bob Saget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-saget/) > [“Think of (the Kingdom) like the sun. As it peeks through on a cloudy day, we do not say the sun has grown. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-deyoung/think-of-the-kingdom-like-the-sun-as-it-peeks-through-on-a-cloudy-day/) [Kevin DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-deyoung/) > [“My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands and lies by me, doth what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/my-care-is-like-my-shadow-in-the-sun-follows-me-flying-flies-when-i/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [The Windsor monarchy is held in just awe. The whole process of criticism of the personal behaviour of the monarch is put in absolute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/the-windsor-monarchy-is-held-in-just-awe-the-whole-process-of/) [David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/) > [“I am neither young nor callow and the people need only a strong monarch to rule them, not a male one. And I need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-mcgowan/i-am-neither-young-nor-callow-and-the-people-need-only-a-strong/) [Jennifer McGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-mcgowan/) > [A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between crimes; when bad, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/a-monarch-when-good-is-entitled-to-the-consideration-which-we-accord/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“Grease the guillotine with the fat of tyrants. Pull the concubine out of the clergyman's bed. Monarch's blood must flow, as thick as our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-hecker/grease-the-guillotine-with-the-fat-of-tyrants-pull-the-concubine-out/) [Friedrich Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-hecker/) > [I have never known the monarch to object to what the House of Commons does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/i-have-never-known-the-monarch-to-object-to-what-the-house-of-commons/) [Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/) > [No medieval monarch in the whole of British history ever had such power as every modern British Prime Minister has in his or her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-benn/no-medieval-monarch-in-the-whole-of-british-history-ever-had-such/) [Tony Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-benn/) > [A constitutional monarchy requires the monarch to be above politics but to be fully informed about politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-rees-mogg/a-constitutional-monarchy-requires-the-monarch-to-be-above-politics/) [Jacob Rees-Mogg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-rees-mogg/) > [Like or dislike her, the British Queen is harmless. Her role is purely ceremonial. Conversely, life and death are in the hands of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilana-mercer/like-or-dislike-her-the-british-queen-is-harmless-her-role-is-purely/) [Ilana Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilana-mercer/) > [“Imagine that the whole world belongs to you. The birch trees in New Hampshire's White Mountains are yours, and so are the cirrus clouds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/imagine-that-the-whole-world-belongs-to-you-the-birch-trees-in-new/) [Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/) > [It's a problem for him because he's got - like Edward VII had - nearly all his lifetime to wait until he becomes Monarch.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-holden/it-s-a-problem-for-him-because-he-s-got-like-edward-vii-had-nearly/) [Anthony Holden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-holden/) > [“I am acting, then," continued Alexander, "only on the defensive. The gods, who always favor the right, have given me the victory. I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-abbott/i-am-acting-then-continued-alexander-only-on-the-defensive-the-gods/) [Jacob Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-abbott/) ## More by Elizabeth I > [Affection! Affection is false.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/affection-affection-is-false/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/i-do-not-so-much-rejoice-that-god-hath-made-me-to-be-a-queen-as-to-be/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [It is monstrous that the feet should direct the head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/it-is-monstrous-that-the-feet-should-direct-the-head/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [I cannot find it in me to fear a man who took ten years a learning of his alphabet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/i-cannot-find-it-in-me-to-fear-a-man-who-took-ten-years-a-learning-of/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [I grieve and dare not show my discontent, I love and yet am forced to seem to hate, I do, yet dare not say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/i-grieve-and-dare-not-show-my-discontent-i-love-and-yet-am-forced-to/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [I have no desire to make windows into men's souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/i-have-no-desire-to-make-windows-into-men-s-souls/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/let-tyrants-fear-i-have-always-so-behaved-myself-that-under-god-i/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [I would not open windows into men's souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/i-would-not-open-windows-into-men-s-souls/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [The name of a successor is like the tolling of my own death-bell!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/the-name-of-a-successor-is-like-the-tolling-of-my-own-death-bell/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [Had I been crested, not cloven, my Lords, you had not treated me thus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/had-i-been-crested-not-cloven-my-lords-you-had-not-treated-me-thus/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [I pluck up the good lissome herbs of sentences by pruning, eat them by reading, digest them by musing, and lay them up at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/i-pluck-up-the-good-lissome-herbs-of-sentences-by-pruning-eat-them-by/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [Eyes of youth have sharp sight but commonly not so deep as those of elder age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/eyes-of-youth-have-sharp-sight-but-commonly-not-so-deep-as-those-of/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/i-do-not-so-much-rejoice-that-god-hath-made-me-to-be-a-queen-as-to-be-2/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [It has been always held for a special principle in friendship that prosperity provideth but adversity proveth friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/it-has-been-always-held-for-a-special-principle-in-friendship-that/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) > [There is a close tie of affection between sovereigns and their subjects; and as chaste wives should have no eyes but for their husbands,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/there-is-a-close-tie-of-affection-between-sovereigns-and-their/) [Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) [Explore all 130 Elizabeth I quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/) ## More Body quotes > [Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/most-of-us-are-convinced-that-we-are-our-egos-which-is-who-we-think/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [The very purpose for being in this body, for every one of us, is to live and rejoice in that virgin area, that untouched,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-sri-ravi-shankar/the-very-purpose-for-being-in-this-body-for-every-one-of-us-is-to/) [Sri Sri Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-sri-ravi-shankar/) > [Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/because-of-the-womb-being-a-central-phenomenon-in-the-feminine-body/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-gordon-smith/when-you-re-scared-and-i-mean-really-scared-not-just-hearing-a-noise/) [Alexander Gordon Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-gordon-smith/) > [I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-branson/i-ve-used-the-phoenix-centrifuge-to-replicate-what-the-body-s-going/) [Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-branson/) > [Practically all animals which move fast in a homogeneous medium have found means of giving their body a streamlined shape, thereby reducing friction to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/konrad-lorenz/practically-all-animals-which-move-fast-in-a-homogeneous-medium-have/) [Konrad Lorenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/konrad-lorenz/) > [If the media is sending girls the message that their value lies in their bodies, this can only leave them feeling disempowered and distract…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-siebel-newsom/if-the-media-is-sending-girls-the-message-that-their-value-lies-in/) [Jennifer Siebel Newsom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-siebel-newsom/) > [Boys and boys' body image and clothes have become just as important an issue for boys as for girls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalind-wiseman/boys-and-boys-body-image-and-clothes-have-become-just-as-important-an/) [Rosalind Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalind-wiseman/) > [By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/by-making-conscious-choices-in-our-behavior-and-where-we-focus-our/) [Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/) > [Racism is a cancer. You cannot ignore it and it'll go away. If you ignore cancer, it simply metastasizes and consumes the whole body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daryl-davis/racism-is-a-cancer-you-cannot-ignore-it-and-it-ll-go-away-if-you/) [Daryl Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daryl-davis/) > [America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adora-svitak/america-you-re-sending-girls-a-mixed-message-on-one-hand-you-re/) [Adora Svitak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adora-svitak/) > [I read a couple of books about neuroscience and the relationship between the mind and the body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-kinnaman/i-read-a-couple-of-books-about-neuroscience-and-the-relationship/) [Joel Kinnaman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-kinnaman/) > [If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are mostly psychosomatic.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mata-amritanandamayi/if-japa-is-maintained-no-useless-talk-during-work-will-be-possible/) [Mata Amritanandamayi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mata-amritanandamayi/) > [It is the incongruous thing in my entire life, this isolation.. ... My work requires it - but I myself have no need or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsden-hartley/it-is-the-incongruous-thing-in-my-entire-life-this-isolation-my-work/) [Marsden Hartley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsden-hartley/) > [My friends, this body - perhaps more than any other gathering in human history - now faces that difficult task.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-dicaprio/my-friends-this-body-perhaps-more-than-any-other-gathering-in-human/) [Leonardo DiCaprio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-dicaprio/) [Browse all 20,814 Body quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth I" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/for-what-is-a-family-without-a-steward-a-ship-without-a-pilot-a-flock/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Body" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/for-what-is-a-family-without-a-steward-a-ship-without-a-pilot-a-flock/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/elizabeth-i-3475_body_for-what-is-a-family-without-a-steward-a_1859047.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/elizabeth-i-3475_body_for-what-is-a-family-without-a-steward-a_1859047.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/elizabeth-i-3475_body_for-what-is-a-family-without-a-steward-a_1859047.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without…” — Elizabeth I", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Elizabeth I", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-i/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "For, what is a family without...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/for-what-is-a-family-without-a-steward-a-ship-without-a-pilot-a-flock/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-i/for-what-is-a-family-without-a-steward-a-ship-without-a-pilot-a-flock/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```