"In my work, you get used to..." - Quote by Margaret Thatcher
In my work, you get used to criticisms. Of course you do, because there are a lot of people trying to get you down, but I always cheer up immensely if one is particularly wounding because I think well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left. That is why my father always taught me: never worry about anyone who attacks you personally; it means their arguments carry no weight and they know it.
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“Had I faltered we would have neither the success nor the international reputation we have. Yet when a woman is strong she is strident. If a man is strong, he's a good guy.”
“The West as a whole in the early 1990s become obsessed with a 'peace dividend' that would be spent over and over again on any number of soft-hearted and sometimes soft-headed causes. Politicians forget that the only real peace dividend is peace.”
“When hecklers stand up, I get a mental jump for joy. It gives me something to get my teeth into - and the audiences love it.”
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“A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself.”
“That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it.”
“Capitalism is being attacked not because it is inefficient or misgoverned but because it is cynical. And indeed a society based on the assertion that private vices become public benefits cannot endure, no matter how impeccable its logic, no matter how great its benefits.”
More on Resilience
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.”
“We are not a failure just because we fail at something. Nobody is a failure unless they quit trying!”
“We learn from our mistakes, we do some reflection, we lick our wounds, we brush ourselves off - then we go forward, with the presumption of good faith in our fellow citizens.”