Creative Quotations from . . .
Horatio Nelson
(1758-1805) born on Sep 29
English naval officer. "He was commander in the wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France; won crucial victories and defeated the French at Trafalgar, 1805."
 
   
F
I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me."

R
I have only one eye: I have a right to be blind sometimes: I really do not see the signal.
A
"When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It was new - it was singular - it was simple!'."
N
Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a sea fight beyond all others.
K
No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Best Quotations for All Occasions," by Lewis C. Henry, 1945."
R: "Remark, Battle of Copenhagen, 2 Apr 1801; Nelson ignored Admiral Parker's order to disengage by placing his telescope to his blind eye; an hour later, he was victorious."
A: "In "Oxford Dictionary of Quotations," by Oxford University Press, 1979, 1985."
N: "Memorandum to the fleet, off Cadiz, 9 Oct 1805."
K: "Memorandum to the fleet, off Cadiz, 9 Oct 1805."



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