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 offending soul alive. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It was… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
Had we taken ten sails, and let the eleventh to escape, being able to get at her, I could never have called it well… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse,… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
When I follow my own head, I am, in general, much more correct in my judgment than following the opinion of others. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
