Horatio Nelson: Quotes about time

Horatio Nelson was Royal Navy Admiral. Explore interesting quotes on time.
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“Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.”

Frothingham, Jessie Peabody. Sea Fighters from Drake to Farragut New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. p. 314
1800s

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

Before the Battle of the Nile (1 August 1797), as quoted in Life of Nelson, Ch. 5; alternately reported as "Westminster Abbey, or victory!"
1790s