Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Margaret Thatcher Quotes
AwarenessCourageHistoryLibertyPerseverance If... many influential people have failed to understand, or have just forgotten, what we were up against in the Cold War and how we overcame it, they are not going to be capable of securing, let alone enlarging, the gains that liberty has made.
RealismTruthWisdom Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
LoveMoneyMoralityValuesWealth It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
DisciplineIntegrityMotivationPersonal GrowthSelf-Esteem Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
EconomicsFinanceGovernmentPoliticsSociety The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
HumorManipulationPatienceSelf-interest I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
LeadershipPowerReliabilityResilienceStrength If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.
ExperienceGender StereotypesHuman NaturePoliticsReasoning One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.
EffortPracticalityRealismResponsibilityWork Ethic Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
FamilyHumilityInfluenceSuccessValues 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.
ConfidenceDefianceHumorOptimismResilience We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.
Gender RolesGovernanceLeadershipSocietyUnderstanding Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
Communication EthicsEthical JournalismMedia ResponsibilityPublic SafetyTerrorism Prevention Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of conduct, under which they would not say or show anything which could assist the terrorists' morale or their cause while the hijack lasted.
ChoiceEconomic LibertyFreedomIndividual Rights Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose.
AmbitionGender EqualityLeadershipSociety 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.
DeterminationHard WorkPerseveranceSuccess I 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.
AwarenessBalanceCautionDecision MakingRisk Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
DecisivenessFirst ImpressionsJudgmentPerceptionRelationships I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.
CommunicationDeceptionDiplomacyEthicsHonesty You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
AuthenticityCourageIntegrityPrincipleSelf Respect If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
FamilyHuman NatureIndividualismSocial PhilosophySociety There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
EconomicsInfrastructureSystemsTransportationTravel You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.
BeliefsConsensusCynicismPrinciplesValues 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.
BetrayalConflictLeadershipMoralityPolitics There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.