--- title: "3 Cowards Quotes By Chris Cleave" description: "3 Cowards quotes by Chris Cleave. Plus more from Chris Cleave and more Cowards sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/chris-cleave-1698_cowards_we-are-a-nation-of-glorious-cowards-read_951926.png" --- > [“We are a nation of glorious cowards, ready to battle any evil but our own.” Her”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/we-are-a-nation-of-glorious-cowards-ready-to-battle-any-evil-but-our/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/chris-cleave-1698_cowards_we-are-a-nation-of-glorious-cowards-read_951926.png) > [“Look at us, won't you? We are nation of glorious cowards, ready to battle any evil but our own.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/look-at-us-won-t-you-we-are-nation-of-glorious-cowards-ready-to/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/chris-cleave-1698_cowards_look-at-us-won-t-you-we-are-nation-of-gl_1215838.png) > [Would we be the heroes or the cowards of the piece? Would we follow orders or stick to our principles, if those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/would-we-be-the-heroes-or-the-cowards-of-the-piece-would-we-follow/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fce/chris-cleave-1698_brave_would-we-be-the-heroes-or-the-cowards-of_2301376.jpg) ## Other authors on Cowards - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowards/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowards/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowards/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowards/paulo-coelho/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowards/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-wilmot-52518.jpg) John Wilmot 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowards/john-wilmot/) - [Israelmore Ayivor 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowards/israelmore-ayivor/) ## More by Chris Cleave > [It was hard not to be full of hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/it-was-hard-not-to-be-full-of-hope/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/i-like-to-push-characters-to-extremes-so-they-have-to-make-really/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [This is the forked tongue of grief again. It whispers in one ear: return to what you once loved best, and in the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/this-is-the-forked-tongue-of-grief-again-it-whispers-in-one-ear/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [In a few breaths' time I will speak some sad words to you. But you must hear them the same way we have agreed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/in-a-few-breaths-time-i-will-speak-some-sad-words-to-you-but-you-must/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [Wouldn't that be funny, if the oil rebels were playing U2 in their jungle camps, and the government soldiers were playing U2 in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/wouldn-t-that-be-funny-if-the-oil-rebels-were-playing-u2-in-their/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [“When death comes you do not stay for one minute in the place it has visited. Many things arrive after death-sadness, questions, and policemen-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/when-death-comes-you-do-not-stay-for-one-minute-in-the-place-it-has/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [“I smiled down at Charlie, and I understood that he would be free now even if I would not. In this way the life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/i-smiled-down-at-charlie-and-i-understood-that-he-would-be-free-now/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [I do think it is harder to acknowledge our strengths, or to forgive ourselves and each other for our shortcomings, when there has not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/i-do-think-it-is-harder-to-acknowledge-our-strengths-or-to-forgive/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [I think the recent cluster of WWII novels is so good because we have reached an optimal distance from the war. Just as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/i-think-the-recent-cluster-of-wwii-novels-is-so-good-because-we-have/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [“Yu only be livin one life, darlin. Don't matter yu don't uh-preshie-ate part of it, cos it don't stop bein part of yu.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/yu-only-be-livin-one-life-darlin-don-t-matter-yu-don-t-uh-preshie-ate/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [Sometimes we don't notice that someone is being brave, because they are only doing something that seems quite easy for us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/sometimes-we-don-t-notice-that-someone-is-being-brave-because-they/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [Life is extremely short and you cannot dance to current affairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/life-is-extremely-short-and-you-cannot-dance-to-current-affairs/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something fine will happen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/sad-words-are-just-another-beauty-a-sad-story-means-this-storyteller/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [“If I was telling this story to the girls from back home, I would have to explain to them how it was possible to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/if-i-was-telling-this-story-to-the-girls-from-back-home-i-would-have/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) > [“April showers bring May flower”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/april-showers-bring-may-flower/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowards/chris-cleave/#itemlist", "name": "3 Cowards Quotes By Chris Cleave", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We are a nation of glorious cowards, ready to battle any evil but our own.” Her”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chris Cleave" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/we-are-a-nation-of-glorious-cowards-ready-to-battle-any-evil-but-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/chris-cleave-1698_cowards_we-are-a-nation-of-glorious-cowards-read_951926.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/chris-cleave-1698_cowards_we-are-a-nation-of-glorious-cowards-read_951926.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/chris-cleave-1698_cowards_we-are-a-nation-of-glorious-cowards-read_951926.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are a nation of glorious cowards, ready to battle any evil but our own.” Her” — Chris Cleave", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Look at us, won't you? 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