Horatio Nelson

"I would rather die with honour than live in shame."

"The moment has come when we must all act."

"I have always considered it as the greatest happiness of my life to serve my country."

"Nothing is so dangerous as a narrow margin of superiority in strength."

"I have sacrificed everything, nothing is of consequence to me but my country."

"Whatever difficulties we may encounter we must never lose sight of our objective."

"I am resolved to bear up and to persevere to the utmost."

"Affection cannot be created by will."

"I came here as I would have come to a meeting at Tippet's coffee-house."

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."

"I have always found that I have to earn my honors by my services."

"My business is to kill Frenchmen."

"I keep my health by an exact adherence to regimen."

"I cannot bear to hear my name mentioned with such a degree of aplomb."

"The wind has been foul for us but the happiest moment of my life could not have been when it became fair."

"I have a secret conviction that no good ever comes of meetings."

"To the best of my knowledge I have never deceived a man."

"My happiness and everything depends upon the final success."

"Those great fleets which hover upon the horizon of futurity."

"I shall never ask for pardon or hesitate in any shape whatever."

"I always had a liking for dangers."

"The great object of my life has been to observe and to record facts."

"Nothing can stand against the Nelson touch."

"Westmorland expects that every man will do his duty."

"I am resolved to be a better man than I have been."

"Every man should keep his powder dry."

"I have never been surpassed in any department of my profession."

"My mind has been taught to apply itself to business."

"I look up and perceive nothing around me but great objects."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind and still retain the ability to function."