It never entered my father's ...

It never entered my father\'s mind nor my mind ever to do a job other than at one\'s best ability.
It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job other than at one's best ability.
 Lord Mountbatten

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you.

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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
I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.
 Lord Mountbatten
As a military man who has given half a century of active service I say in all sincerity that the nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils because of the illusions they have generated. There are powerful voices around the world who still give credence to the old Roman precept - if you desire peace, prepare for war. This is absolute nuclear nonsense.
 Lord Mountbatten
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
No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.
 Lord Mountbatten