"I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time and it has made a man of me."
Horatio Nelson Quotes
1758–1805 England
- England
- Military leaders
Also known as: Admiral Horatio Nelson, Admiral Nelson, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, Lord Nelson, Nelson, Horatio
35 quotes
First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.
England expects every Man will do his Duty.
The Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey.
Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.
Wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps.
In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.
The measure may be thought bold, but I am of the opinion the boldest are the safest.
Never mind manoeuvres always go at them.
I cannot, if I am in the field for glory, be kept out of sight.
I am myself a Norfolk man, and I glory in being so.
The Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
I cannot command winds and weather.
After a French rout of the Neapolitan army (1798)
Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a sea fight above all.
The Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
Those gobblers [the French]?- I detest them.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Horatio Nelson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.