Horatio Nelson Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 29, 1758 - October 21, 1805

Topics

HappinessSoulI AmKingSinGlory

When I first started working at MIT, back in the '80s, our writing department had a joint cocktail party with the Harvard writing department. It was kind of oil-and-water.

Joe Haldeman

WritingBackPartyKindFirstOur

For me, every single thing I do seems to be about the process of letting go because that's what I so desperately need to do with so many things: with fear, with what people think of me, and all these things I've worried about my whole life.

John Grant

LifeFearPeopleMeThinkProcess

Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.

Angela Merkel

PeopleEqualPoliticiansCommitted

My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me.

Michael Eric Dyson

CommunityMeAmbitionGrowOut

Every time I step on the court, I know I can beat my opponent.

Stan Wawrinka

TimeStepI CanKnowOpponentBeat

Putting your name on something and having no idea how it came about if someone else did all the work - that's not me.

Drew Barrymore

WorkMeNameSomeoneSomethingIdea

It's only an advantage as an actor - looking younger than you are. If you can maintain it.

Cillian Murphy

LookingYouActorAdvantageOnly

I just didn't believe the God that I served would allow me to die for something I didn't do.

Anthony Ray Hinton

GodMeBelieveDieSomethingJust

My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the time. Sometimes comedy is not a bundle of laughs to actually do.

Anne Dudley

WorkHard WorkTimeComedySometimes

If I collect anything, it's lingerie.

Paz de la Huerta

AnythingLingerieCollect

The gospel sets us free to become the romantic leaders of our marriages without fright or hesitation. Because we have been forever wooed by Jesus, we are now free to forever woo our wives.

Tullian Tchividjian

RomanticFreeNowBecomeWithoutUs

I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.

Noel Coward

LifeGoClassNeverFirstThrough

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