25 Quotes by Lord Mountbatten
- 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.
I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.
Lord Mountbatten - 3.
I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.
Lord Mountbatten - 4.
No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.
Lord Mountbatten - 5.
You can divide my life into two.
Lord Mountbatten - 6.
I am much more intelligent than you think.
Lord Mountbatten - 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.
It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.
Lord Mountbatten - 9.
My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.
Lord Mountbatten - 10.
I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.
Lord Mountbatten - 11.
Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming.
Lord Mountbatten - 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.
I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.
Lord Mountbatten - 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.
Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.
Lord Mountbatten - 16.
The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.
Lord Mountbatten - 17.
In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.
Lord Mountbatten - 18.
The team should have implicit confidence in the captain’s decisions.
Lord Mountbatten - 19.
Here I am in my first command – a bit dazed but feeling very grand.
Lord Mountbatten - 20.
Men o’ war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.
Lord Mountbatten - 21.
Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.
Lord Mountbatten - 22.
I have been driven demented in my career.
Lord Mountbatten - 23.
I believe firmly that it was the Almighty’s goodness, to check my consummate vanity.
Lord Mountbatten - 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.
This is the war I fear.
Lord Mountbatten