“I always tell people JFK's book 'Profiles in Courage' was a very slim volume.” — Larry J. Sabato Copy Share Image
“It was cowardice, he knew, but cowardice came so much easier than hope. And” — V.E. Schwab Copy Share Image
It is fair to despise a cowardly man, but the female sex is strongest when it's weak. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
True courage lies in the middle, between cowardice and recklessness. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice. — John Osborne Copy Share Image
In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves! — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I'd never understood the injunction not to regret anything, couldn't see how that wasn't cowardice... — China Mieville Copy Share Image
I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth time lack of principle. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice. — Richard Harris Copy Share Image
“A lie is a forgery of a truth that is too big to embrace because of a prejudice that we’re too afraid… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They say cowardice is infectious; but then argument is, on the other hand, a great emboldener. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins The beards of Hercules… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There is a point at which the law becomes immoral and unethical. That point is reached when it becomes a cloak for… — Kurt Huber Copy Share Image
It is this unquiet self-love that renders us so sensitive. The sick man, who sleeps ill, thinks the night long. We exaggerate,… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the… — Peter De Vries Copy Share Image
“The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable… — William Francis Butler Copy Share Image
“A crust of lard, habit, and cowardice envelops the soul; no matter what it craves from the depths of its prison, the… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Each of us has his cowardice. Each of us is afraid to lose, afraid to die. But hanging back is the way… — Mas Oyama 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
“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
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
“It is always easier to hear an insult and not retaliate than have the courage to fight back against someone stronger than… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Fascism, in so far as it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity quite apart from political considerations of… — Benito Mussolini 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
“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
It is the hero alone, not the coward, who has liberation within his easy reach. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Strength and manliness are virtue; weakness and cowardice are sin. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I hate cowardice; I will have nothing to do with cowards or political nonsense. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
