Coward Quotes - Page 4

• Cowards can never be moral.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Morality, Moral

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.75, A&C Black

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• None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Fear, Martial Arts

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• I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.

  August Strindberg

  Dog, Courage, Fighting

  August Strindberg (2014). “The Confession of a Fool”, p.214, The Floating Press

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• The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

  Mark Twain

  Race, Human Condition, Mankind

  Mark Twain (2015). “Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3: The Complete and Authoritative Edition”, p.130, Univ of California Press

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• To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Leadership, Freedom, Business

  "Poems of Problems" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, "Protest", (pp. 154 - 155), 1914.

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• The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.

  Max Beerbohm

  Non Conformist, Conscience, Conformist

  Max Beerbohm (2015). “The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm”, p.142, New York Review of Books

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• I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.

  Namie Amuro

  Cautious, Be Cautious

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• I am convinced that a light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Life, Success, Good Night

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.77, Oxford University Press

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• Timothy McVeigh was a coward. Violence is the stupid way out. It'll discredit any real legitmate movement.

  Glenn Beck

  Real, Stupid, Movement

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• I am not accustomed to pay fulsome compliments to the English, by telling them that they are superior to all the world; but this I can say, that they do not deserve the name of cowards.

  Richard Cobden

  Names, World, Pay

  Richard Cobden (1870). “Speeches on Questions of Public Policy”, p.408

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• To be called a coward, I don't think that's fair

  Rodney Alexander

  Thinking, Fairs

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• There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

  Ayn Rand

  Funny, Crazy, Silly

  "The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution". Book by Ayn Rand, p. 123, 1971.

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• Courage is the goal of cowards.

  Alan Watts

  Goal

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• Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Used, Fascists, Moron

  Misattributed. "Christopher Hitchens Never Said That Memorable Line About Islamophobia" by Hemant Mehta, www.patheos.com. May 12, 2014.

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• Reflection makes men cowards.

  William Hazlitt

  Reflection, Men

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.86

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• Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.

  John Gay

  Love, Bravery, Delight

  John Gay, Nathaniel Cotton, Edward Moore (1826). “Gay's Fables and other poems: Cotton's visions in verse ; Moore's Fables for the female sex ; with sketches of the authors' lives”, p.20

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• Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.

  Epictetus

  Taken, Roots, Dread

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• Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Death, Running

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

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• It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.

  Dolores Ibarruri

  Hero, Wife, Widows

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• While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward.

  Al Gore

  Real, President, Likes

  "Gore blasts Bush on environment". www.cnn.com. January 15, 2004.

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• Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it's be brave or else be killed.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Military, Hero, Fighting

  1936 Ashley Wilkes. Gone with the Wind, ch.31.

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• A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

  Mickey Mantle

  Teamwork, Sports, Baseball

  Mickey Mantle (1964). “The Quality of Courage”, p.90, U of Nebraska Press

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• Bullies are always cowards.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Bully, Cowardice

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2824, Manonmani Publishers

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• You're not a coward just because you don't want to hurt people.

  Veronica Roth

  Hurt, People, Want

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.60, Harper Collins

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• It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

  Voltaire

  Bravery, Vain, Defying

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