Quote #34
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 duty.
More from Horatio Nelson
- Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made.
- Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.
- I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time and it has made a man of me.
- The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle, but he dreads disgrace more.
- I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.
- The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I …
- I cannot command winds and weather.
- Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.