Quotes By Margaret Thatcher

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.

To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.

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.

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

This lady is not for turning.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

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.

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.

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.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.