Mountbatten sayings

Here are some famous sayings attributed to Lord Louis Mountbatten:

1. "The best way to get the better of a temptation is to yield to it."

2. "I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism."

3. "It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars."

4. "The best defense is to attack."

5. "I am the last Viceroy of India, and I shall carry out my job as long as I am the Viceroy."

6. "History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."

7. "The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country."

8. "I am an optimist, and I believe that the future is bright."

9. "It is the duty of the strong to protect the weak."

10. "I am not a pessimist, but an optimist who sees the world as it is and tries to make it better."

Above is Mountbatten sayings.