Coward Quotes - Page 15

• It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at his post should win the day, or that the helpless man should succeed or the coward prosper.

  Plutarch

  Winning, Men, Doe

  Plutarch (2012). “Parallel Lives - Complete”, p.354, Simon and Schuster

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• The meaning of words had no longer the same relation to things... Reckless daring was held to be loyal courage; prudent delay was the excuse of a coward; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness; to know everything was to do nothing. Frantic energy was the true quality of man.

  Thucydides

  Wisdom, Men, Quality

  Thucydides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thucydides (Illustrated)”, p.199, Delphi Classics

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• Dishonor waits on perfidy. A man should blush to think a falsehood; it is the crime of cowards.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, Thinking, Waiting

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 242, 1895.

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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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• This week a group of activists, known as Anonymous, hacked the Twitter account of the KKK. The KKK is furious. They said Anonymous is just a bunch of cowards who don't have the courage to show their faces.

  Conan O'Brien

  Kkk, Faces, Groups

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• Currently we breed cowards and snitches. Whored society of sons of whores!

  Janusz Korwin-Mikke

  Son, Snitch

  Blog post, November 04, 2010.

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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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• It's strange how things happen, Mauricio Silva, known as the Eye, always tried to escape from violence even at the risk of being considered a coward, but the violence, the real violence, can't be escaped, at least not by us, born in Latin America in the 1950s, those of us who were around twenty years old when Salvador Allende died.

  Roberto Bolano

  Real, Latin, Eye

  "Last Evenings on Earth". Book by Roberto Bolaño, 2006.

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• Zuniga Hides the Evidence ... Like the craven coward he is, Markos Zuniga, rising young star of the Democrats, has now removed the page at Daily Kos where he wrote "Screw them" about the four Americans torn apart and hung from a bridge in Fallujah.

  Charles Foster Johnson

  Stars, Bridges, Rising

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• I am transparent An open book; There's no choice in the matter But the breath from my mind Is living air, And the notes from my heart Are what I share. Words weren't made for cowards.

  Happy Rhodes

  Book, Heart, Air

  Song: Words Weren't Made for Cowards, Album: Warpaint

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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 thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Quitter, Raised

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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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• 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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• Die in obeying commands like a soldier, and go to Nirvana, but no cowardice.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Soldier, Command, Obeying

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.4016, Manonmani Publishers

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• Do not run away, it is cowardice.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Running, Running Away, Cowardice

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2607, Manonmani Publishers

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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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• 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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• 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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• . . . If you are really my children, you will fear nothing, stop at nothing. You will be like lions. We must rouse India and the whole world. No cowardice.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Children

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2013, Manonmani Publishers

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• It is the hero alone, not the coward, who has liberation within his easy reach.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Hero, Easy, Liberation

  Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.166, Vivekananda Kendra

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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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• A coward is the kindest animal;
  'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight.

  John Dryden

  Fighting, Animal, Forgiving

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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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