“If you just set out to be liked you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and you would achieve nothing.”
More from Margaret Thatcher on Wisdom
“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing." ~ Margaret Thatcher”
“Power 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 traffic from both sides.”
“The lady's not for turning.”
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are you aren't.”
“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.”
“No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions he had money as well.”
“It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
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Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”