Margaret Hilda Thatcher ( Baroness Thatcher ) was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Leader of the Conservative Party. She was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century. She is the only woman to have held the office. She was often called as "Iron Lady", for her uncompromising politics and leadership style.
“In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“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.
My father always said that... and I think I am fine.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing. ”
― Margaret Thatcher
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.”
― Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher
“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“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.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine”
― Margaret Thatcher
“Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“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 it will get you pretty near.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.”
― Margaret Thatcher
