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.

Quote by Margaret Thatcher

Topics: Hard Work Quotes

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a...

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a...

I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them...

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them...

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the...

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the...

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may...

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may...

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are,...

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are,...

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well,...

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well,...

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

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

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

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

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken...

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken...

One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must...

One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must...

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you...

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you...

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I...

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I...

This lady is not for turning.

This lady is not for turning.

I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a...

I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a...

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.