We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice. — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
Who, with tame cowardice familiar grown, would hear my thoughts, but fear to speak their own. — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
“Don't Shoot! I'm Che. I'm worth more to you alive than dead!” — Ernesto "Che" Guevara Copy Share Image
That was the source of my vanity and my cowardice: always I believed everyone was watching me. — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“So she became a woman who held her head high, not in arrogance, or contempt, but because she knew that it was… — Kamila Shamsie Copy Share Image
Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I'm currently in the middle of a depression. I couldn't really tell you what set it off, but I think it stems… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Thin-lipped wisdom spoke at her from the worn chair, hinted at prudence, quoted from that book of cowardice whose author apes the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“A man who is cowardly at heart and has not emancipated his mind will be afraid of non-existent ghosts and gods.” — Chi-fang Ho Copy Share Image
Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is… — Margaret Chase Smith Copy Share Image
Suspicious.- To admit a belief merely because it is a custom - but that means to be dishonest, cowardly, lazy! - And… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We ought instead of retreating should follow up the enemy and take Richmond. And in full view of all responsible for such… — Philip Kearny Copy Share Image
Non-violence and cowardice are contradictory terms. Non-violence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice. Non-violence springs from love, cowardice from hate.… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Lieutenant al-Kaseasbeh's dedication, courage and service to his country and family represent universal human values that stand in opposition to the cowardice… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one?' 'Of course. Who said it?' 'I don't know.' 'He was probably a… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“...for everyone there is something unendurable - something that cannot be contemplated. Courage and cowardice are not involved. If you are falling… — George Orwell 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
“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
“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
Our leaders have described the recent atrocity with the customary cliche: mindless cowardice. Mindless may be a suitable word for the vandalising… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances… — Edgar Rice Burroughs 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
The frequent employment of one's will power masters all organs of movement and trains them to perform feats which otherwise would have… — George Hackenschmidt Copy Share Image
“Naphta loathed the bourgeois state and its love of security. He found occasion to express this loathing one autumn afternoon when, as… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image