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25 Quotes by Lord Mountbatten

  1. 1.

    It never entered my father’s mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one’s best ability.

    Lord Mountbatten

  2. 2.

    I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.

    Lord Mountbatten

  3. 3.

    I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.

    Lord Mountbatten

  4. 4.

    No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.

    Lord Mountbatten

  5. 5.

    You can divide my life into two.

    Lord Mountbatten

  6. 6.

    I am much more intelligent than you think.

    Lord Mountbatten

  7. 7.

    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

  8. 8.

    It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.

    Lord Mountbatten

  9. 9.

    My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.

    Lord Mountbatten

  10. 10.

    I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.

    Lord Mountbatten

  11. 11.

    Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming.

    Lord Mountbatten

  12. 12.

    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

  13. 13.

    I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.

    Lord Mountbatten

  14. 14.

    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

  15. 15.

    Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.

    Lord Mountbatten

  16. 16.

    The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

    Lord Mountbatten

  17. 17.

    In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

    Lord Mountbatten

  18. 18.

    The team should have implicit confidence in the captain’s decisions.

    Lord Mountbatten

  19. 19.

    Here I am in my first command – a bit dazed but feeling very grand.

    Lord Mountbatten

  20. 20.

    Men o’ war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.

    Lord Mountbatten

  21. 21.

    Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.

    Lord Mountbatten

  22. 22.

    I have been driven demented in my career.

    Lord Mountbatten

  23. 23.

    I believe firmly that it was the Almighty’s goodness, to check my consummate vanity.

    Lord Mountbatten

  24. 24.

    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

  25. 25.

    This is the war I fear.

    Lord Mountbatten