That which in mean men we entitle patience is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There never was found a man who had courage to acknowledge himself a coward. — Joseph R. Bartlett Copy Share Image
Janetty tried to dive through the window to escape, what an act of cowardice. — Bobby Heenan Copy Share Image
Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
“Tyrion wondered whether this was the last sunrise he would ever see … and whether wondering was a mark of cowardice.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
Your devotion is nothing more than cowardice. You would not be here if you had anywhere else to go. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To love is to tire of being alone; it is therefore a cowardice, a betrayal of ourselves.” — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
cowardice more than any other failing demands a ruthless paying of the price from those who give it hospitality. — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“How many things are we upon the brink of discovering if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries” — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
There is a certain cowardice, a certain weakness, rather, among respectable folk. Only brigands are convinced-of what? That they must succeed. And… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors. — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
“His malice was aimed at himself; with shame and contempt he recollected his "cowardice.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“The ultimate evil is the weakness, cowardice, that is one of the constituents of so much human nature. When, rarely, unalloyed nobility… — John Simon Copy Share Image
Every clique is a refuge for incompetence. It fosters corruption and disloyalty, it begets cowardice, and consequently is a burden upon and… — Soong May-ling Copy Share Image
This is one of the stout-hearted old warriors: he is angry with civilization because he supposes that its aim is to make… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
India was not a pacifist country at all. India placed great emphasis on the higher value on... on violence. But it was… — Subramanian Swamy Copy Share Image
Before thy undertaking of any design, weigh the glory of thy action with the danger of the attempt; if the glory outweigh… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing--these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
In every mind where there is a strong tendency to fear there is a strong capacity to hate. Those who dwell in… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
It is true that so far as wealth gives time for ideal ends and exercise to ideal energies, wealth is better than… — William James Copy Share Image
“How did you expect me to live without you? Once you've known happiness it's impossible to get used to not having it.… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic?… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“{ From Luther Burbank 's funeral. He was loved until he revealed he was an atheist, then he began to receive death… — Ben Lindsey Copy Share Image
“The dismal fact is that self-respect has nothing to do with the approval of others — who are, after all, deceived easily… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Really, one of us ought to have the courage to call the experiment off and shoulder the responsibility for the decision, but… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
I know you'll probably get angry with me for that, shout, stamp your feet: "speak just for yourself and your miseries in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Son, never trust a man who doesn’t drink because he’s probably a self-righteous sort, a man who thinks he knows right from… — James Crumley Copy Share Image
“He felt in his heart cruelty and cowardice, the things which made him brave and kind.” — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“People who run away from challenges are cowards and no coward deserves a reward.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Failure and well-disguised cowardice are more human and more beloved. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
How precious is your belief without the backbone to accomplish something — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She opened her eyes- closing them was cowardice, and the Carstairs were not cowards.” — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
