Coward Quotes - Page 12

• It is thus that mutual cowardice keeps us in peace. Were one half of mankind brave and one cowards, the brave would be always beating the cowards. Were all brave, they would lead a very uneasy life; all would be continually fighting; but being all cowards, we go on very well.

  Samuel Johnson

  Fighting, Brave, Would Be

  In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 3, p. 326 (28 April 1778)

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• Lie not, neither to thyself, nor man, nor God. Let mouth and heart be one; beat and speak together, and make both felt in action. It is for cowards to lie.

  George Herbert

  Lying, Heart, Men

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• Neglecting small things under the pretext of wanting to accomplish large ones is the excuse of a coward.

  Alexandra David-Neel

  Excuse, Neglect, Accomplish

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• Unethical conduct is actually the conduct of destruction and fear; lies are told because one is afraid of the consequences should one tell the truth; thus, the liar is inevitably a coward, the coward is inevitably a liar.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Lying, Liars, Telling The Truth

  "Science of Survival". Book by L. Ron Hubbard, 1951.

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• If you only stand up for speech you approve of, you're a hack. If you only stand up for speech that everyone approves of, you're a coward.

  Glenn Reynolds

  Speech, Hacks, Ifs

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• I was a coward on instinct.

  William Shakespeare

  Instinct

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 2, sc. 4, l. [304]

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• Every rabbit-nation will find its tyrant! Oppressors are the destiny of coward and submissive nations!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Destiny, Tyrants, Rabbits

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• A man should not play the coward to his deeds. He should not repudiate them once he has performed them. Pangs of conscience are indecent.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Men, Play, Deeds

  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (2007). “Twilight of the Idols with the Antichrist and Ecce Homo”, p.6, Wordsworth Editions

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• I'm too much of a coward to kill myself. And too much of a coward to live

  Jodi Picoult

  Too Much

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• My belief that the publishing industry is run by prigs and cowards dates back to many years before I even had the idea for the book.

  Jessa Crispin

  Running, Book, Years

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Because the Republican Party are filled with cowards they're afraid to reach out to the Hispanic community, they're afraid to reach out to the black community.

  Andrew Breitbart

  Party, Community, Black

  Source: latinalista.com

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• To be under pressure is inescapable. Pressure takes place through all the world; war, siege, the worries of state. We all know men who grumble under these pressures and complain. They are cowards. They lack splendour. But there is another sort of man who is under the same pressure but does not complain, for it is the friction which polishes him. It is the pressure which refines and makes him noble

  Saint Augustine

  War, Men, Worry

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• Many a time comes when we want to interpret our weakness and cowardice as forgiveness and renunciation.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Forgiveness, Weakness, Want

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.417, Manonmani Publishers

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• May the Lord ordain that your son becomes a man, and never a coward!

  Swami Vivekananda

  Son, Men, May

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3372, Manonmani Publishers

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• Never allow weakness to overtake your mind. Remember Mahavira, remember the Divine Mother! And you will see that all weakness, all cowardice will vanish at once.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Mother, Mind, Weakness

  Swami Vivekananda, Swami Saradananda (1964). “Swamiji's Message to a Disciple: Reprint from the Talks with Swami Vivekananda”

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• I think I am more of a coward than anybody. It's a very weird feeling. The more I fear violence, the more I'm inclined to depict it in films.

  Takeshi Kitano

  Thinking, Feelings, Violence

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• If you're a generous person, when you get money and fame, you're going to be more generous. If you're a sharer, you're going to be more sharing. If you're a coward, you're just going to be a bigger coward. That's all money and fame does.

  Steve Harvey

  Doe, Get Money, Fame

  Source: www.finalcall.com

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• You must be fearless. It is the coward who fears and defends himself

  Swami Vivekananda

  Fearless, Cowardice

  Swami Vivekananda (1997). “Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India”

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• I spend my life imagining you, it is not time to be a coward.

  Gustavo Cerati

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• We know how often in our lives through laziness and cowardice we give up the battle and try to hypnotise our minds into the belief that we are brave.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Giving Up, Brave, Mind

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.417, Manonmani Publishers

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• And to those who would choose the safety of inaction over the danger of taking a stand, I have this to say:
  You bloody cowards. May you have the world that you deserve.

  Mira Grant

  Safety, World, May

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• This miserable way
  is taken by the sorry souls of those
  who lived without disgrace and without praise.
  They now commingle with the coward angels,
  the company of those who were not rebels
  nor faithful to their God, but stood apart.
  The heavens, that their beauty not be lessened,
  have cast them out, nor will deep Hell receive them -
  even the wicked cannot glory in them.

  Dante Alighieri

  Sorry, Taken, Angel

  Dante Alighieri, “Inferno Canto 03”

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• I always thought Cyrano De Bergerac was a coward. He could fight a hundred swordsmen, but he was afraid of his nose, and he was afraid of Roxanne. Jam as cowardly as anybody about facing my fears. So, you spend your you years as an artist fighting those hundred people that you happen not to fear. Then you wake up one morning and realize all this time you're afraid of your nose. That's what you're going to have to face for the rest of your life. And you don't feel very courageous. But, if you don't face it, you dry up as an artist.

  Michael Ventura

  Morning, Fighting, Artist

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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• I feel like we are so much more comfortable sweeping things under the rug and putting on a brave face, and to me, sweeping under the rug is a coward move, not a brave move at all. I want to get out there and have a conversation.

  AnnaLynne McCord

  Moving, Brave Face, Want

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• Fear doesn't necessarily mean that we have to stop. It doesn't mean that we are failures. It doesn't mean that we are cowards.

  Frances Moore Lappé

  Mean

  Source: www.yesmagazine.org

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