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.

Quote by Horatio Nelson

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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....

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

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...

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in...

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in...

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...

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 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:...

England expects that every man will do his duty.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

I cannot command winds and weather.

I cannot command winds and weather.

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...

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

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