Author: Horatio Nelson

Quotes

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

- Horatio Nelson

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

- Horatio Nelson

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

- Horatio Nelson

Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.

Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.

- Horatio Nelson

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.

- Horatio Nelson

If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers.

If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers.

- Horatio Nelson

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

- Horatio Nelson

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

- Horatio Nelson

Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.

Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.

- Horatio Nelson

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