Believe Quote by Veronica Roth

“Preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear…”

— Four from Divergent

“What we call cowardice is often just another name for being taken by surprise, and courage is seldom any better than simply being well…

— Gregory David Roberts

Is there cowardice with the acknowledgement of fear?

— Markus Zusak

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

— R.M. Ballantyne

Fear doesn't necessarily mean that we have to stop. It doesn't mean that we are failures. It doesn't mean that we are cowards.

— Frances Moore Lappé

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

— Ernest Hemingway

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

— John McCain

“The situations of fear that exist in our lives provide us with stepping stones to step over our fear. On the other side of…

— Chögyam Trungpa

Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

— Mahatma Gandhi

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

— John McCain

“success in managing fear prevents us from ever facing it fully. Surrender to it ventilates our souls so that fear becomes an old pickpocket…

— David Richo