Horatio Nelson

“I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour beforehand.”

“Thank God, I have done my duty.”

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

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

“I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes.”

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

“I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.”

“A fleet of British ships of war are the best negotiators.”

“In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.”

“My seamen are now what British seamen ought to be... almost invincible; they really mind shot no more than peas.”

“Desperate affairs require desperate remedies.”

“No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.”

“England expects that every man will do his duty.”

“Thank God, I have done my duty.”

“Desperate affairs require desperate remedies.”

“I had their huzzas before. I have their hearts now.”

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

“England expects that every man will do his duty.”

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

“In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.”