Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
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Margaret Thatcher
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About Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the office. As prime minister, she implemented policies that came to be known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politi…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Margaret ThatcherI 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.
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.
The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
I owe nothing to Women's Lib.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.
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No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister you have to give yourself 100 percent.
It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
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.
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.
There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.
I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions he had money as well.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.