Occupation: Military Commander Birth: September 29, 1758 Death: October 21, 1805
My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied..
What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy..
When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It was new - it was singular - it ….
Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in p….
Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my du….
In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable..
My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offend….
Our Country will, I believe, sooner forgive an Officer for attacking his Enemy than for letting it alone..
Thank God I have done my duty. Drink, drink. Fan, fan. Rub, rub. Kiss me, Hardy..
Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's….
My love is founded on esteem, the only foundation that can make the passion last..
I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest..
Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon..
Firstly, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting their propriety. Secondly, you must co….
I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea..
You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your King, and you must treat every Frenchman as if he were the Devil himself..
Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight.
Frigates are the eyes of a fleet..
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..
I will dine nowhere without your consent although with my present feelings I might be trusted with fifty virgins naked in a dark room..
First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can..