The Best Quotes from Margaret Thatcher #RIP

Margaret Thatcher died this morning.
We will never forget you. Ever.

 

“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.”   

“Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.”

"If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and you would achieve nothing"

 

"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

“Law and order is a social service.”

“Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.”

“I am not a consensus politician. I'm a conviction politician."

“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”

"Standing in the [middle of the road] is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides."

"One of the greatest problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than ideas."

 

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

 

“No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.”

 

“It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone."

 

“To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.”

 

“Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”

 

“When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine.”

 

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

 

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”

 

"There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families.''