Horatio Nelson

"I was a coward once but I was cured of it."

"The smallest effort is not lost; each wavelet on the ocean rolls the ship on which we sail."

"I have paid the price of my rank with my blood."

"My greatest moments come when danger is near."

"I believe that orders should be explicit not dubious."

"Life is too short to be little."

"I shall defend England with my dying breath."

"The possession of a great army is a guarantee of success."

"To serve my country is an honor beyond all comparison."

"I never counted upon success but proceeded upon the principle that my duty required it."

"My object has always been to do my duty."

"A ship cannot be commanded from the land."

"I owe everything to the favor of Providence and the support of my country."

"Let it never be said that in a moment of crisis I failed to do my duty."

"I have not the vanity to expect my name to be remembered."

"The greatest glory is to have done the greatest good."

"I believe nothing is impossible to the man who will try."

"Every difficulty slurred over will produce more serious consequences."

"In life we rarely know what we really desire till we have lost it."

"I am a sworn enemy of cowardice and baseness."

"The secret of my success is my constant vigilance."

"I have been blessed with a wife of the most tender and affectionate nature."

"My only wish is to be useful to my country."

"I never make mistakes in my calculations."

"The enemy that never was beaten in the open field."

"I would rather lose my life than my honour."

"Audacity sometimes wins the day."

"My profession is my life, and my life is my profession."

"I keep my mind active by constant study."

"The impossible is sometimes the untried."