David Cameron has faced down critics within his own party and urged the Tories to focus on the fight against Labour.
The Prime Minister warned backbenchers and activists there are just 1,000 days to go before the next general election, implying there is no time for internal wrangling.
He insisted "I'm up for it" as he sought to draw a line under leadership rumours and remind the Tories of their achievements in Government and future plans.
Mr Cameron has faced growing grumbling from his own benches in the wake of the disastrous Eastleigh by-election last month, which saw UKIP beat the Tories into third place.
And with the Budget looming next week, there have also been rising calls for a change of approach on the economy amid fears about a triple-dip recession.
Home Secretary Theresa May has been at the centre of talk about a future leadership challenge amid Tory fears of electoral oblivion in 2015.
But Mr Cameron, at the party's spring conference, tried to brush off the current problems as mid-term blues and urged Tories to cut through the "background noise".
"Let the message go out from this hall and this party: We are here to fight. We are here to win, and we have never been more up for the task of turning our country around," he declared.
He sought to paint the Tories as the party of aspiration, with support for families and first-time buyers, a better adoption system, more rigorous schools, more apprenticeships and tighter welfare spending.
"The global race is not just about GDP," he said. "It's about saying to the mum who's worried about her children's future, we are building a country where there is a future, so your kids won't have to get on a plane to get on in life, they can make it right here in Britain.
Mr Cameron - who has come under fire from backbenchers over his "posh, male and white" inner circle - acknowledged the "leg-ups" he enjoyed in life.
Home Secretary Theresa May will also give a speech later today "I know the leg-ups I got in life. A loving family, wonderful parents, a great school and university," he said.
"We want people to climb up through their own efforts, yes, but in order to climb up they need the ladder to be there in the first place, the family that nurtures them, the school that inspires them, the opportunities there for them.
"Great Conservatives down the generations have put those ladders in place. When Churchill invented the labour exchanges that helped people into work.
"When Macmillan built new homes. When Thatcher fired up enterprise so people could start their own businesses. That's what we're doing in the Conservative Party right now."
The Prime Minister announced a £150m cash boost for sport in school to help bolster coaching for pupils in England
Under the plans, a primary school with 250 pupils would receive £9,250 per year - this is around two days a week of a primary teacher or a coach's time.
Mrs May's speech later is expected to focus on home affairs, in contrast to a wide-ranging address last weekend which was widely interpreted as laying the ground for a future leadership bid.
London Mayor Boris Johnson on Friday told Conservative Cabinet ministers accused of positioning themselves for the post-Cameron leadership to "put a sock in it and back the Prime Minister".
Mr Johnson, regarded as front-runner in the succession race if he can find a seat in Parliament, said speculation over a challenge to Mr Cameron's leadership was "complete nonsense".
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