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.

Quote by Horatio Nelson

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping...

Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

England expects that every man will do his duty.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

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

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

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

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl,...

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl,...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...