48 result(s) for Margaret Thatcher Quotes.
"I love argument. I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me."
"There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families."
"Watch your thoughts, for they will become actions. Watch your actions, for they'll become... habits. Watch your habits for they will forge your character."
"If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you."
"Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope."
"You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning."
"In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman."
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"I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election."
"The facts of life are conservative."
"Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become your character. And watch your character for it becomes your destiny. What we think, we become."
"No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well."
"To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning."
"You turn if you want to; the lady's not for turning."
"Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word!"
"The problem with capitalism is capitalists; they're too greedy."
"I owe nothing to Women's Lib."
"It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone."
"If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and would achieve nothing."
"If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage."
"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end."
"If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing."
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"Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth."
"To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best."
"No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he had only good intentions. He had money as well."
"If you just set out to be liked, be prepared to commit yourself to anything."
"I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near."
"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction."
"Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan."
"There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty."
"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."
"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."
"I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph."
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
"Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word."
"It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs."
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"Consensus is the absence of leadership."
"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the high road to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction."
"Pennies don't fall from heaven, they have to be earned here on earth."
"To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects."
"I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job."
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
"It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake."
"You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure."
"To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best."
"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left."
"I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end."
"Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
"I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near."
