Top 15 John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher Quotes

I know that without some fervour in the love of Christ, religion cannot be to you savoury, nor any work of goodness can be delectable, but every virtuous deed shall seem laborious and painful. For love maketh every work appear easy and pleasant, though it be right displeasant of itself. And contrariwise right easy labour appeareth grievous and painful, when the soul of the person that doeth the deed hath no desire nor love in doing of it. This thing may well appear by the life of hunters, the which out of doubt is more laborious and painful than is the life of religious persons, and yet nothing sustaineth them in their labour and pains but the earnest love and hearty desire to find their game.

When by-and-by the Chinese know their power, they hae only to walk slowly westwards and, like the locusts in Egypt, no Pharaohs in Europe with all their mighty boats will stop them. They won't want to fire guns or bombs. They'll just all walk along and smother Europe. (Richard Hough, First Sea Lord, p. 35)

It is very silly indeed to build vessels of War so strong as to last a hundred years. They are obsolete in less than ten years.

The Submarine will be the Battleship of the future!

It is an historical fact that the British Navy stubbornly resists change.

The Frontiers of England are the Coasts of the Enemy.

As age increases, audacity leaks out and caution comes in.

...and you may sleep quietly in your beds.

The Essence of War is Violence. Moderation in War is Imbecility.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.... Nature is no respecter of birth or money power when she lavishes her mental and physical gifts. We fight God when our Social System dooms the brilliant clever child of a poor man to the same level as his father.

The best scale for an experiment is 12 inches to the foot.

Never Deny : Never Explain : Never Apologise

The 3 Requisites for Success - Ruthless, Relentless, Remorseless (The 3 R's)

Hit first! Hit hard! Keep on hitting!! (The 3 H's)

I thought it would be a good thing to be a missionary, but I thought it would be better to be First Sea Lord.