Horatio Nelson quotes

Horatio Nelson was a British naval commander, celebrated for his victories during the Napoleonic Wars. His strategic brilliance and leadership played a pivotal role in securing British naval supremacy. He became a national hero, especially after his death at the Battle of Trafalgar. Here are 54 of his quotes:

Desperate affairs require desperate measures. (Horatio Nelson)
England expects that every man will do his duty. View quote
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Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat. View quote
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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. View quote
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If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting. View quote
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Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon. View quote
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First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can. View quote
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I cannot command winds and weather. View quote
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Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be. View quote
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My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive. View quote
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My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied. (Horatio Nelson)
Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a sea fight above all. View quote
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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. View quote
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In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them. View quote
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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. View quote
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The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more. View quote
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It is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment. But mark you! I would not be elsewhere for thousands. - at the Battle of Copenhagen. View quote
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Thank God, I have done my duty. View quote
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The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible) and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided. View quote
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No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy. View quote
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Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil. (Horatio Nelson)
I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor. View quote
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Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made. View quote
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It is nonsense, Mr. Burke, to suppose I can live. My sufferings are great but they will soon be over.[citation needed]. View quote
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I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps. View quote
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Occupation: British Admiral
Born: September 29, 1758
Died: October 21, 1805
Quotes count: 54
Wikipedia: Horatio Nelson

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