Coward Quotes - Page 17

• There's an argument for saying that brave men deserve what they get, but it's a serious business forcing cowards to stand in harm's way.

  K.J. Parker

  Men, Brave, Way

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• I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of doors at night. Darkness was a terror to me. It was almost impossible for me to sleep in the dark, as I would imagine ghosts coming from one direction, thieves from another and serpents from a third. I could not therefore bear to sleep without a light in the room.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Sleep, Dark, Night

  Mahatma Gandhi (1948). “Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth”, p.17, Courier Corporation

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• The power of "can't": The word "can't" makes strong people weak, blinds people who can see, saddens happy people, turns brave people into cowards, robs a genius of their brilliance, causes rich people to think poorly, and limits the achievements of that great person living inside us all.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Meriwether Lewis's last words were, 'I am not a coward, but I am so strong. So hard to die.' I don't doubt that it is, but it cannot be much harder than being left behind.

  John Green

  Strong, Doubt, Lasts

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.113, Penguin

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• I say you are a coward and you are; I think you hunt only to reassure yourself that you are not what you are: the weakest thing to ever walk the Earth. He will come for me and then we will be gone, and you will be helpless for all your hunting, because Westley and I are joined by the bond of love and you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds, and you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords.

  William Goldman

  Thinking, Hunting, Track

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.176, A&C Black

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• Kill me then,' panted Harry, who felt no fear at all, but only rage and contempt. 'Kill me like you killed him, you coward-' DON'T-' screamed Snape, and his face was suddenly demented, inhuman, as though he was in as much pain as the yelping, howling dog stuck in the house behind them- 'CALL ME A COWARD!

  J. K. Rowling

  Dog, Pain, House

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• Indian believes they ain't but two sins... bein a coward... and turnin agin yer own kind.

  Forrest Carter

  Believe, Two, Kind

  Forrest Carter (1989). “Josey Wales: Two Westerns”, p.120, UNM Press

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• The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.

  T. H. White

  Courage, People, Mind

  T. H. White (2011). “The Once and Future King”, p.562, Penguin

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• A lot of people hate heroes. I was criticized for portraying people who are brave, honest, loving, intelligent. That was called weak and sentimental. People who dismiss all real emotion as sentimentality are cowards. They’re afraid to commit themselves, and so they remain ‘cool’ for the rest of their lives, until they’re dead—then they’re really cool.

  Mark Helprin

  Hate, Real, Hero

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• I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.

  Alberto Salazar

  Softball, Running, Doubt

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• The courageous have fears that cowards never know.

  Stanley Hauerwas

  Courageous, Knows

  "Crusaders and Pacifists". "The Spirit of Things" with Rachael Kohn, www.abc.net.au. July 8, 2012.

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• There’s a good kind of crazy, Kaylee,” he insisted softly, reaching out to wrap his warm hand around mine. “It’s the kind that makes you think about things that make your head hurt, because not thinking about them is the coward’s way out. The kind that makes you touch people who bruise your soul, just because they need to be touched. This is the kind of crazy that lets you stare out into the darkness and rage at eternity, while it stares back at you, ready to swallow you whole.

  Rachel Vincent

  Hurt, Crazy, Thinking

  Rachel Vincent (2013). “Soul Screamers Volume Three: If I Die\Never to Sleep\Before I Wake”, p.242, Harlequin

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• Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

  Julius Caesar

  Moving On, Death, Wisdom

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• Only cowards hide behind silence.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Silence

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• If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.

  Veronica Roth

  Divergent, Doe, Might

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Series (Books 1-3) Plus Free Four, The Transfer and World of Divergent”, p.52, HarperCollins UK

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• I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

  Ouida

  Father, Wish, Blame

  Ouida (1890*). “Wanda. Ariadne. The general's match-making”

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• I would rather commit a sin of commission than a sin of omission, and the evangelical community is exactly the opposite. The evangelical community would rather not do something wrong and the price they're willing to pay for not doing something wrong is they're willing to fail to do something right; they're so afraid of making a mistake. Now the reason they're afraid of making a mistake is they're cowards and our community produces cowards.

  J.P. Moreland

  Mistake, Omission, Opposites

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• I am inclined to believe that one who is a coward will be born after death as an insect or a worm, that there is no salvation for a coward even after millions of years of penance.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Believe, Years, Penance

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3943, Manonmani Publishers

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• Reveal yourself, mage! Only a coward stays cloaked in invisibility.

  Kristen Britain

  Invisibility

  Kristen Britain (2004). “First Rider's Call: Book Two of Green Rider”, p.182, Penguin

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• I like the spirit of this great London which I feel around me. Who but a coward would pass his whole life in hamlets; and for ever abandon his faculties to the eating rust of obscurity?

  Charlotte Bronte

  Obscurity, Rust, London

  Charlotte Bronte (2016). “Villette”, p.48, Xist Publishing

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• There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.

  David Gemmell

  Fear, Hero, Shame

  David Gemmell (2009). “Dark Moon”, p.342, Random House

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• Cowards cut and run, Marines never do.

  Jean Schmidt

  Running, Cutting, Marine

  "Ugly times" by Bruce Morton, www.cnn.com. November 22, 2005.

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• Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Men

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1902, Manonmani Publishers

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• I hate cowardice; I will have nothing to do with cowards or political nonsense.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Hate, Political, Nonsense

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2060, Manonmani Publishers

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• One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.

  Ouida

  Doe, Care, Firsts

  "Wanda".

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