There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Coercion created slavery, the cowardice of the slaves perpetuated it. — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Copy Share Image
That all men would be cowards if they dare, Some men we know have courage to declare. — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
“My dear Mrs. Grimstone, sometimes cowardice is merely another word for common sense.” — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Alec would have said he could have benefited from a bit more in the way of constructive cowardice. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“I would like to say that what I fear are the challenges that stand in front of me, when in reality what… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“As I hear him, I understand that he's not more moronic because of the brandy than he is because of his cowardice.” — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
“Anyone can say anything about you, whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, it's none of your business. It is… — The Eldest Copy Share Image
You know what a loser is? A real loser is somebody that's so afraid of not winning, they don't even try. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let us be wary of ready-made ideas about cowardice and courage: the same burden weighs infinitely more heavily on some shoulders than… — Francois Mauriac Copy Share Image
“Do you know what the most secret stubbornly-defended part of our identity is? It’s the private concessions we make to our cowardice.” — Glenn Haybittle Copy Share Image
I'm in an abusive relationship with life. It keeps beating the hell out of me and I'm too cowardly to leave it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Every act of courage is the work of an unbalanced man. Animals, normal by definition, are always cowardly except when they know… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
I've always been accused by my detractors of some sort of moral failure, cowardice, or even lack of humanity by not portraying… — Robert Polidori Copy Share Image
“There is no cowardice in removing yourself from a wildly unhealthy and unwinnable situation . . . You shouldn't feel like you… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how… — Nancy Farmer Copy Share Image
There is nothing so depressing as a constant contemplation of one's self, and the greatest moral cowardice in the world's opinion comes… — Marie Corelli Copy Share Image
“The fatal combination of Republican craveness and Democratic cowardice wasn't having an awful effect solely on the U.S. economy. It was proving… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
I say people who feel they must have a faith or religion in order to face life are showing a kind of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Most civilisation is based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“But as he stood at the brink of that decision, into the vacuum created by that shimmering lure of escape returned his… — Mark Frost Copy Share Image
After using the 'good offices' of UN diplomacy (economic sanctions and weapons inspections) to ensure that Iraq was brought to its knees,… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishment-are all the blackest of black… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
“Fear is a relative term and so I can only measure my feelings at that time by what I had experienced in… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“After you have suffered great losses and known much pain, it is not cowardice to wish to live henceforth with a minimum… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The problem about cutting out the best of your heart and giving it to people, is that 1. It hurts to do… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Every fall into love involves the triumph of hope over self-knowledge. We fall in love hoping we won't find in another what… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
