Lord Mountbatten Quotes

United Kingdom, Statesman
June 25, 1900 – August, 27, 1979.

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British Royal Navy officer and statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II. During the Second World War, he was Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command (1943–1946). He was the last Viceroy of India (1947) and the first Governor-General of independent India (1947–1948).

You can divide my life into two.

Lord Mountbatten
- Life
I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.

Lord Mountbatten
- Believe

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

Lord Mountbatten
- Time
- Long
- Job
Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand.

Lord Mountbatten
- Feeling
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
- People
- Children
- Done
I am much more intelligent than you think.

Lord Mountbatten
- Intelligent
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
- Job
- King
I have been driven demented in my career.

Lord Mountbatten
- Career

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

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

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

Lord Mountbatten
- Life
- Done
Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming.

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- Crazy
- Sweet
- Aunt
This is the war I fear.

Lord Mountbatten
- War
- Fear
It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.

Lord Mountbatten
- Mind
- Job
- Father

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

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

Lord Mountbatten
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
- Children
- Why
- Father
Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.

Lord Mountbatten
- Advice
- Criticism
Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.

Lord Mountbatten
- Life
- Men
- War
I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.

Lord Mountbatten

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

Lord Mountbatten
- Sea
The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.

Lord Mountbatten
- Team
- Confidence
The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

Lord Mountbatten
My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.

Lord Mountbatten
- Value
- Military