Top 35 Most Inspiring Margaret Thatcher Quotes

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Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, had a significant political and social impact in the United Kingdom. Her policies have been one of the main sources of the conservative movement in Great Britain following her premiership.

She was a controversial figure; she has been referred to as “the Iron Lady” and “the Grandmother of Europe.” She led the Conservative Party for 18 years, from 1975 to 1993. She died in 2013 at age 87 after suffering a stroke.

Check out some of her inspirational quotes that will give you a boost in confidence and make you a stronger leader.

Top 35 Most Inspiring Margaret Thatcher Quotes

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

“90% of our worries never happen.”

“If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.”

“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 when you’ve had everything to do, and you’ve done it.”

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

“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.”

“Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.”

“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.”

“You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.”

“Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, some body of shared beliefs, some spiritual heritage transmitted through the Church, the family, and the school.”

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

“Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper.”

“The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour.”

“Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the Iron Lady.”

“In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”

“Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.”

“If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing.”

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

“One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must achieve balanced numbers.”

“To be free is better than to be unfree – always. Any politician who suggests the opposite should be treated as suspect.”

“Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.”

“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.”

“It is only when you look now and see success that you say that it was good fortune. It was not. We lost 250 of our best young men. I felt every one.”

“There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.”

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

“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. Watch your character, for it will make your destiny.”

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

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

“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.”

“You do not have to agree in order to find common grounds with someone.”

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

“When people are free to choose, they choose freedom.”

“Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word.”

“To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.”

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

“There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors… I mean it.”

“I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.”

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