"English Quotes - Margaret Thatcher"

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

40. Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

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

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

109. 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.

132. 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.

155. I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

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

201. People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.