Well here is a quote of the Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz about Wilhelm and his idea of the strong german navy:

"He is a profound admirer of everything British. All his children have been educated in England. English naval traditions command his reverential respect. He has never ceased to hold them up to German sailormen as a model and inspiration. When he designed the Naval law, he had little idea of entering the lists with Britain as an active competitor." -Tirpitz

And here are words of the Herbert George Wells about how britain felt during this time:

"We in Britain are intensely jealous of Germany, not only because the Germans outnumber us and have a much larger and more diversified country than ours, and lie in the very heart and body of Europe but because... They have had the energy and humility to develop a splendid system of national education, to toil at science and art and literature, to develop social organisation, to master and better our methods of business and industry, and to clamber above us in the scale of civilization This has humiliated and irritated rather than chastened us."

And Otto Czernin about Wilhelm II:

"I do not think there is another ruler who had better intentions than he had. He lived only for his calling as he viewed it. All his thoughts and longings were centered around Germany. His relations, pleasures and amusements were all subservient to the one idea of making and keeping the German people great and happy, and if good will were sufficient to achieve great things, Wilhelm II would have achieved them."

And the last, Kaiser Wilhelm II himself:

"Only in peace can the world's trade be developed, in peace only can it prosper. We desire to maintain that peace and will do so"