Horatio Nelson - Time Quotes

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Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

Horatio Nelson

... When he was on the eve of departure for one of his great expeditions the coachmaker said to him, "The carriage shall be at the door punctually at six o clock"; "A quarter before," said Nelson. "I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time and it has made a man of me."

Horatio Nelson

If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers.

Horatio Nelson

Before this time tomorrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey.

Horatio Nelson

Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey.

Horatio Nelson