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Lord Mountbatten
British
Soldier
About the author
Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Life
#War
#Men
My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Now
#People
#Will
#Children
#Mother
#Worry
You can divide my life into two.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Life
Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Trouble
#Criticism
#Advice
My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Children
#Father
Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Children
#Family
#Parents
#Intelligence
The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Successful
The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Decisions
#Confidence
What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#First
#Job
It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Ability
#Mind
#Job
#Father
My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Usefulness
#Value
#Military
This is the war I fear.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Fear
#War
I am much more intelligent than you think.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Right
#Life
No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Knowledge
#Mulberry
Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Determination
#Learning
#Energy
Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Feeling
#First
I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Goodness
#Vanity
I have been driven demented in my career.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Career
I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Man
I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Time
#Ability
#Job
I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#Sea
In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier
#President
#Society
#Computer
Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming.
Lord Mountbatten,
British
Soldier