Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.

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

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

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

England expects that every man will do his duty.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

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

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.

And Death spoke to them —’”“Sorry, ” interjected Harry, “but Death spoke to them?”“It’s a fairy tale, Harry!”“Right, sorry. Go on.

Yet tell me, my brothers: if a goal for humanity is still lacking, is there not still lacking--humanity itself?

What is the essence of having a mind, but yet living through the opinions of others?

Let them ridicule you, laugh at you, hurt you & ignore you but never let them stop you.

I have learned to live with it all... whatever happens ... all of it.

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.

Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!

So there's no such thing as one too many this, one too many that. I remember, you're reminding me of early in my career, somebody said to me: why are you taking so many roles as a policeman.

There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system.

There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly.