Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

Quote by Horatio Nelson

Topics: 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.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way...

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way...

Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all...

Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all...

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful....

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful....

Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight

Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight

I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight:...

I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight:...

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

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

It is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us...

It is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us...

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

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

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

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

England expects that every man will do his duty.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under...

If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under...

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to...

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to...

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

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

I cannot command winds and weather.

I cannot command winds and weather.

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

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

Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your...

Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your...

Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any...

Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any...

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

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

My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious...

My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious...