If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and would achieve nothing.
MARGARET THATCHERWhat 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.
More Margaret Thatcher Quotes
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Do you know, one of the greatest problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas?
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Global warming provides a marvelous excuse for global socialism.
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To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
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Feminists hate me, don’t they? And I don’t blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison.
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No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well.
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New ideas are created when they can be discussed freely, but if there is a correct view then you cease to have new ideas.
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Of course, it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
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You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
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While the home must always be the center of one’s life, it should not be the boundary of one’s ambitions.
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If you can’t afford it, you can’t have it.
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The larger Europe grows, the more diverse must be the forms of co-operation it requires.
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It pays to know the enemy – not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
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Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
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Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
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For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defense in favor of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions.
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