Horatio Nelson Quotes on Strategy
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Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.
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First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.
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The measure may be thought bold, but I am of the opinion the boldest are the safest.
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Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a sea fight above all.
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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.
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Desperate affairs require desperate measures.
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Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.
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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.
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Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.