Coward Quotes - Page 12

• The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so defined that he can see himself as patriotic, courageous, and manly only through compliance.

  Stanley Milgram

  Patriotic, Soldier, Patriotism

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• Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in fears, and some are cowards under the same conditions.

  Socrates

  Pain, Desire, Pleasure

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• I look upon those who would deny others the right to urge and argue their position, however irksome and pernicious they may seem, as intellectual and moral cowards.

  William Borah

  Intellectual, Looks, May

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• Cowards make the best torturers. Cowards understand fear and they can use it

  Mark Lawrence

  Use

  Mark Lawrence (2011). “Prince of Thorns”, p.47, Penguin

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• Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

  Julius Caesar

  Moving On, Death, Wisdom

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• Hey, I'm like the Wayne Gretsky of the entertainment biz - I have other people do my dirty work while I skate around and get to be a nice guy. What can I say? I'm a coward.

  Paul Feig

  Nice, Dirty, People

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• Nearly every man is a coward, if confronted by the proper terror.

  E. W. Howe

  Men, Terror, Every Man

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Only the following items should be considered to be grave faults: not respecting another's rights; allowing oneself to be paralyzed by fear; feeling guilty; believing that one does not deserve the good or ill that happens in one's life; being a coward. We will love our enemies, but not make alliances with them. They were placed in our path in order to test our sword, and we should, out of respect for them, struggle against them. We will choose our enemies.

  Paulo Coelho

  Believe, Struggle, Rights

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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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• 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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• 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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• Only cowards hide behind silence.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Silence

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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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• To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.

  Aristotle

  Sad, Suicide, Pain

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• There is no merit where there is no trial; and till experience stamps the mark of strength, cowards may pass for heroes, and faith for falsehood.

  Aaron Hill

  Strength, Hero, Trials

  Aaron Hill (1760). “The Dramatic Works of Aaron Hill, Esq”, p.15

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• Fortunately for themselves and the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of a few fools having the "courage of their convictions."

  Coventry Patmore

  Strength, Believe, Men

  Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.19, Lulu.com

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• The world has no room for cowards. We must all be ready somehow to toil, to suffer, to die.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Courage, Victory And Defeat, Suffering

  "The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson".

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• Sir, I am not a brave man...The truth is, I am an utter craven coward. I have never been within the sound of gunshot or in sight of battle in my whole life that I wasn't so scared that I had sweat in the palms of my hands.

  George S. Patton

  Courage, Men, Sight

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• The unambitious sluggard pretends that the eminence is not worth attaining, declines altogether the struggle, and calls himself a philosopher. I say he is a poor-spirited coward.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Struggle, Philosopher, Poor

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.387, Delphi Classics

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• Slander reveals the greatest truth about the coward implementing it.

  Vanna Bonta

  Slander, Implementing

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• When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.

  Chinua Achebe

  Fighting, Men, Hungry

  FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Apr 09, 2016

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