Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

Horatio Nelson
Some Similar Quotes
  1. The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too - Vincent Van Gogh

  2. I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else. - Nikos Kazantzakis

  3. It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist; the threat is rather to life... - Rachel Carson

  4. In still moments by the sea life seems large-drawn and simple. It is there we can see into ourselves. - Rolf Edberg

  5. I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living. - Unknown

More Quotes By Horatio Nelson
  1. No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.

  2. Aft the more honour, forward the better man

  3. Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

  4. First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

  5. Something must be left to chance nothing is sure in a sea fight.

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