Margaret Thatcher Quotes

I have a strong temperament, but our country needs a strong temperament.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

What is important in a leader is a resolute will and determination. A man may be versatile and learned, but if he lacks resoluteness and determination, of what use will he be?

Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.

No man is good for anything who has not some particle of obstinacy to use upon occasion.

Well, I'm very stubborn. I think I have common sense; I'm probably at times a bit tunnel-visioned, but I'm strong.

The reason I'm a Nixonite is because of his indestructibility and resilience. He never quit.

General [Zachary] Taylor never surrenders.

Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards.

Better off dead than giving in; not taking what you want.

A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.

Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.

I will not give or back off from my path.

A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can't.

Well, I can admire stubbornness in a man. There is little to a man who's too easily biddable.

Mrs Thatcher was not lightly bullied.

You know the words from the Bible: 'Build not on sand, but on rock....' Tyrant leaders respect only firmness...and laugh at persons who give in to them.

You turn if you want to. The Lady's not for turning.

Others may doubt us. They may criticize us. They may try to deny us what is rightfully ours. But they will fail. And I promise you, as long as I am mayor, I will never back away from fighting any opponent - or confronting any obstacle - that would prevent our people from achieving all of their dreams in Our New York.

The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

[Andrea] Leadsom has compassion ... a real steel and a real determination and that velvet glove of compassion that she really cares about people.

She needs to seem tough, and whatever Hillary's weaknesses, tough is a pretty good word to describe her.

We are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination.

Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership - if you're right about what you're stubborn about.

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.