Coward Quote by G.K. Chesterton

“It is true that only a coward can be brave, as a man who feels no fear has conquered nothing.”

— Conn & David Iggulden

“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

— Cecelia Ahern

“To be afraid, a person has either to be very great and strong-- or else a coward. I'm neither.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“His grandfather probably would have said that all men feel fear, but cowardly men deny it.”

— Catherine Ryan Hyde

“A great man once told me there can be no courage without fear”

— David Gemmell

“What sort of man would proclaim himself a coward?”

— George R.R. Martin

“Sometimes it takes bravery in order to be a coward.”

— Lionel Suggs

“It's too cowardly, and besides, I don't have the courage. [on why he hadn't killed himself yet]”

— Nick Drake

“I am quite possibly the world's bravest coward. I have never backed down from backing down from a fight.”

— Jarod Kintz

“A true coward is someone who doesn’t even have the courage to be a coward.”

— Tamerlan Kuzgov

“The man who grounds his action on another's cowardice, is essentially a coward himself.”

— George MacDonald

“Fear is not cowardice. Acting in a wrong and contemptible manner because of our fear is cowardice.”

— R.M. Ballantyne