Coward Quotes - Page 17

• Cowards are scared with threatenings; boys are whipped into confession; but a steady mind acts of itself, ne'er asks the body counsel.

  Thomas Otway

  Boys, Mind, Body

  Lynette Feasey, John Milton, Thomas Otway, William Congreve (1951). “And so to the playhouse”

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• none can be Tyrants but Cowards.

  Mary Astell

  Tyrants, Tyranny

  Mary Astell (2002). “A Serious Proposal to the Ladies”, p.247, Broadview Press

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• No one step back, that is the idea.... Fight it out, whatever comes. Let the stars move from the sphere! Let the whole world stand against us!.... What of it? Thus fight! You gain nothing by becoming cowards.... Taking a step backward, you do not avoid any misfortune.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Motivational, Stars, Moving

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.419, Manonmani Publishers

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• Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but a just contempt of an enemy can alone arise in those who feel that they are superior to their opponent by the prudence of their measures.

  Thucydides

  Successful, Enemy, Lucky

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• The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all or there is no danger.

  David Gemmell

  Men, Two, Reason

  "Stormrider". Book by David Gemmell, ch. 4, 2002.

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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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• Sin makes man a coward; but a life in the Truth of Christ makes Him bold.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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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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• 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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• . . . 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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• 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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• Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes.

  Henry Miller

  Life, Moving, Hero

  Henry Miller (1959). “The Henry Miller Reader”, p.356, New Directions Publishing

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• Base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark.

  Francis Bacon

  Dark, Arrows, Crafty

  Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.515

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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