9 Horatio Nelson Quotes on Strategy

Horatio Nelson quotes on strategy

2. Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.

5. First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

18. The measure may be thought bold, but I am of the opinion the boldest are the safest.

20. Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a sea fight above all.

27. Bonaparte 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 port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year.

28. Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

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

33. 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.

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