Quote by Horatio Nelson
First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can. -

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can. – Horatio Nelson

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Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner its off the better. – Horatio Nelson

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Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year. – Horatio Nelson

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My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive. – Horatio Nelson

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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action. – Orison Swett Marden

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The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I get a lot of the ideas when Im resting – either when Im meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. Thats where I get my best ideas, maybe because Im balancing my body. – Katy Perry

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The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural. – Calvin Klein

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To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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