Author: Horatio Nelson

Quotes

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

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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