I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

- Horatio Nelson

I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.

- Horatio Nelson

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

- Horatio Nelson

Thank God I have done my duty.

- Horatio Nelson

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

- Horatio Nelson

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

- Horatio Nelson

England expects that every man will do his duty.

- Horatio Nelson

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

- Horatio Nelson

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 a…

- Horatio Nelson