Blind Eye to the Telescope

Blind Eye to the Telescope

When Lord Horatio Nelson was fighting the Battle of
Copenhagen, his senior officer, Sir Hyde Parker, also
known as "Old Vinegar," hoisted the flag signaling
retreat. Nelson deliberately put his telescope to his
blind eye and said, "I do not see it." 

If he had surrendered when it looked like defeat, he
would not have captured twelve Danish ships. I don't
see defeat. Do you? When you're fighting the Battle of
Perspective, Satan will hoist his flag, trying to
discourage you. Remember to put a blind eye to the
telescope. Refuse to see the retreat flag. Keep going
forward. 

-- Kent Crockett, "I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint"
(Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2004), p. 139.