--- title: "10 Coward Way Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Coward Way quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Coward Way sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/ashley-walters-5156_coward_using-a-gun-is-a-coward-s-way-to-hurt-so_1726389.jpg" --- > [Using a gun is a coward's way to hurt someone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-walters/using-a-gun-is-a-coward-s-way-to-hurt-someone/) [Ashley Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashley-walters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/ashley-walters-5156_coward_using-a-gun-is-a-coward-s-way-to-hurt-so_1726389.jpg) > [“Son, hiding the truth is just the coward's way to lie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeri-smith-ready/son-hiding-the-truth-is-just-the-coward-s-way-to-lie/) [Jeri Smith-Ready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeri-smith-ready/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/jeri-smith-ready-3642_coward_son-hiding-the-truth-is-just-the-coward_2142567.png) > [“Now he understood clearly that roads do divide, at the crossroad there is a choice, and blinding oneself to it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-christian-haugaard/now-he-understood-clearly-that-roads-do-divide-at-the-crossroad-there/) [Erik Christian Haugaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-christian-haugaard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/erik-christian-haugaard-45919_choice_now-he-understood-clearly-that-roads-do_1447477.jpg) > [I wouldn't call myself a coward, no way. But being buried alive is something I could never handle. The only way you'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/usher/i-wouldn-t-call-myself-a-coward-no-way-but-being-buried-alive-is/) [Usher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/usher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/usher-4264_alive_i-wouldn-t-call-myself-a-coward-no-way-b_608428.png) > [“Mr. Vesey, though, he didn't like any kind of talk about heaven. He said that was the coward’s way, pining for life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/mr-vesey-though-he-didn-t-like-any-kind-of-talk-about-heaven-he-said/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/sue-monk-kidd-404_coward_mr-vesey-though-he-didn-t-like-any-kind_1344705.jpg) > [So you were going to rescue the Prince! Why did you pretend to run away? To deceive the Witch?" "Not likely! I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-wynne-jones/so-you-were-going-to-rescue-the-prince-why-did-you-pretend-to-run/) [Diana Wynne Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-wynne-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/diana-wynne-jones-1486_coward_so-you-were-going-to-rescue-the-prince-w_969092.jpg) > [“There’s three ways not to see what you don’t want to,’ she told me. ‘One is the coward’s way and too damned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/there-s-three-ways-not-to-see-what-you-don-t-want-to-she-told-me-one/) [Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/jeff-vandermeer-1366_close-your-eyes_there-s-three-ways-not-to-see-what-you-d_452167.png) > [“Life is one big fat gamble, and the odds are never in your favor. So you either go for it anyway and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-shalvis/life-is-one-big-fat-gamble-and-the-odds-are-never-in-your-favor-so/) [Jill Shalvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-shalvis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/677/jill-shalvis-838_coward_life-is-one-big-fat-gamble-and-the-odds_145442.png) > [A person who issues that charge that someone adheres to the principle "do as I say, not as I do" has three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/a-person-who-issues-that-charge-that-someone-adheres-to-the-principle/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b53/noam-chomsky-42_quote_a-person-who-issues-that-charge-that-som_1008020.jpg) > [“I am not one who believes that killing yourself is necessarily a coward's way out. It is my belief that a body'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-a-braunbeck/i-am-not-one-who-believes-that-killing-yourself-is-necessarily-a/) [Gary A. Braunbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-a-braunbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/gary-a-braunbeck-57527_coward_i-am-not-one-who-believes-that-killing-y_2994545.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coward-way/#itemlist", "name": "Coward Way Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Using a gun is a coward's way to hurt someone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ashley Walters" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-walters/using-a-gun-is-a-coward-s-way-to-hurt-someone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/ashley-walters-5156_coward_using-a-gun-is-a-coward-s-way-to-hurt-so_1726389.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/ashley-walters-5156_coward_using-a-gun-is-a-coward-s-way-to-hurt-so_1726389.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/ashley-walters-5156_coward_using-a-gun-is-a-coward-s-way-to-hurt-so_1726389.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Using a gun is a coward's way to hurt someone.” — Ashley Walters", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Son, hiding the truth is just the coward's way to lie.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeri Smith-Ready" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeri-smith-ready/son-hiding-the-truth-is-just-the-coward-s-way-to-lie/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/jeri-smith-ready-3642_coward_son-hiding-the-truth-is-just-the-coward_2142567.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/jeri-smith-ready-3642_coward_son-hiding-the-truth-is-just-the-coward_2142567.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/jeri-smith-ready-3642_coward_son-hiding-the-truth-is-just-the-coward_2142567.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Son, hiding the truth is just the coward's way to lie.” — Jeri Smith-Ready", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Now he understood clearly that roads do divide, at the crossroad there is a choice, and blinding oneself to it is a form of choosing, too; it is the fool's way, the coward's way.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erik Christian Haugaard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-christian-haugaard/now-he-understood-clearly-that-roads-do-divide-at-the-crossroad-there/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/erik-christian-haugaard-45919_choice_now-he-understood-clearly-that-roads-do_1447477.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/erik-christian-haugaard-45919_choice_now-he-understood-clearly-that-roads-do_1447477.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/erik-christian-haugaard-45919_choice_now-he-understood-clearly-that-roads-do_1447477.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Now he understood clearly that roads do divide, at the crossroad there is a choice, and blinding oneself to…” — Erik Christian Haugaard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wouldn't call myself a coward, no way. 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