Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural. — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
The seven deadly sins should be updated. We should add an eighth sin: Cowardice. — Gad Saad Copy Share Image
“If you run from enemy fire, I'll make you wash dishes for the rest of your life!” — Naoki Urasawa Copy Share Image
“Conscience is just a polite word for cowardice. No civilised man regrets a pleasure.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you are black, the only roads into the mainland of American life are through subservience, cowardice, and loss of manhood. These… — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
I hold it cowardice To rest mistrustful where a noble heart Hath pawned an open hand in sign of love. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We may place blame, give reasons, and even have excuses; but in the end, it is an act of cowardice to not… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“When dark situations arise, it is opportunity for you to reveal the leader in you. Rise and deal with them.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a… — Irving Layton Copy Share Image
“Hm … yes, all is in a man's hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice, that's an axiom” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
The most mortifying infirmity in human nature, to feel in ourselves, or to contemplate in another, is perhaps cowardice. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
“She had been born knowing that boldness erased fear, while cowardice invited it and earned her only more ill treatment. No matter… — Jeane Westin Copy Share Image
“Tom’s cowardice was as huge as his courage, as it must be in great men. His violence balanced his tenderness, and himself… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Because we want the peace with half a heart and half a life and will, the war, of course, continues, because the… — Daniel Berrigan 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
The recommendation by the Arkansas Supreme Court Disciplinary Committee that President Clinton be disbarred is like a tender green shoot of integrity… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
“When a man’s love of finery clouds his moral judgment, that is vanity. When he lets a demanding palate make his moral… — Matthew Scully 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
“Perhaps I shouldn't call it shit. That's a bit crude. I don't really despise Christianity or even the Roman Church, and certainly… — Edward Abbey 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
Yet I'm sure there's something more to be read in a man. People dare not -- they dare not turn the page.… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
A man who knows a thing, recognizes a given danger, and sees with his own eyes the possibility of a remedy, damned… — George Lincoln Rockwell Copy Share Image
I have always thought it rather interesting to follow the involuntary movements of fear in clever people. Fools coarsely display their cowardice… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“There is no doubt that these legendary gentlemen were capable of experiencing, even to an intense degree, the sensation of fear--otherwise they… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
I love women who are bosses and who don't constantly worry about what their employees think of them. I love women who… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I'm astounded whenever I finish something. Astounded and distressed. My perfectionist instinct should inhibit me from finishing: it should inhibit me from… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural. — Theophrastus Copy Share Image