Margaret Thatcher died Tuesday ... but some of the things she said make sense ...
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On Power
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
On Convictions
"I am not a consensus politician. I'm a conviction politician."
“Consensus: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?”
"If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and you would achieve nothing."
On Society
"There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families.''
“It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.”
“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.”
On Character
“Watch your thoughts for they become words.
Watch your words for they become actions.
Watch your actions for they become habits.
Watch your habits for they become your character.
And watch your character for it becomes your destiny.
What we think, we become.
My father always said that... and I think I am fine.”
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
On Convictions
"I am not a consensus politician. I'm a conviction politician."
“Consensus: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?”
"If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and you would achieve nothing."
On Society
"There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families.''
“It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.”
“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.”
On Character
“Watch your thoughts for they become words.
Watch your words for they become actions.
Watch your actions for they become habits.
Watch your habits for they become your character.
And watch your character for it becomes your destiny.
What we think, we become.
My father always said that... and I think I am fine.”
On Work Ethic
“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 a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.”
“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.”
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