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Coward Quotes - Page 9

Cowards are scared with threatenings; boys are whipped into confession; but a steady mind acts of itself, ne'er asks the body counsel.

Cowards are scared with threatenings; boys are whipped into confession; but a steady mind acts of itself, ne'er asks the body counsel.

Thomas Otway
Boys, Mind, Coward
Lynette Feasey, John Milton, Thomas Otway, William Congreve (1951). “And so to the playhouse”

We are all born cowards.

Swami Vivekananda
Coward, Cowardice, Born
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1424, Manonmani Publishers

A coward judges all he sees by what he is.

Stephen King
Judging, Coward, Dark Tower
Stephen King (2017). “The Dark Tower Boxed Set”, p.2955, Simon and Schuster

Moral cowardice at the expense of the vulnerable unborn is both wrong and pathetic.

Russell D. Moore
Moral, Vulnerable, Cowardice

Humor is the most engaging cowardice.

Robert Frost
Icy, Cowardice, Engaging
Robert Frost (2016). “The Letters of Robert Frost”, p.402, Harvard University Press

No one is so cowardly that Love could not inspire him to heroism.

Plato
Inspire, Heroism, Cowardly
Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Aristotle (2012). “The Modern Library Collection of Greek and Roman Philosophy 3-Book Bundle: Meditations; Selected Dialogues of Plato; The Basic Works of Aristotle”, p.656, Modern Library

The opposite of manliness isn't cowardice; it's technology.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Technology, Opposites, Cowardice
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.16, Random House

I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.

Namie Amuro
Coward, Cautious, Be Cautious

True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness.

Miguel de Cervantes
Lying, Cowardice, Valor
"Don Quixote de la Mancha".

It is only in his head that man is heroic; in the pit of his stomach he is always a coward.

Mary Roberts Rinehart
Courage, Men, Coward
Mary Roberts Rinehart (2013). “The Red Lamp”, p.64, Overamstel Uitgevers

Riches make cowards of us.

Margaret Ayer Barnes
Coward, Riches
Margaret Ayer Barnes (1933). “Within this Present”

Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.

Mahatma Gandhi
Fighting, Bravery, Coward
Mahatma Gandhi, U. R. Rao (1963). “The Way to Communal Harmony”, Ahmedabad, [India] : Navajivan Publishing House

A coward never forgives.

Laurence Sterne
Forgiveness, Forgiving, Coward

Hate is the revenge of a coward intimidated.

George Bernard Shaw
Revenge, Hate, Coward

It is a law of nature that every decent man on earth is bound to be a coward and a slave

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Men, Law, Coward

Conscience gets a lot of credit that really belongs to cowardice.

Evan Esar
Credit, Cowardice, Conscience

Every man kills the things that he loves. Some with a look, some with flattery, the coward with a kiss.

Eric Jerome Dickey
Kissing, Men, Coward
Eric Jerome Dickey (1999). “Cheaters”, E P Dutton

What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards!

Duke of Wellington
Coward, Uniforms, Mask

Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.

Duke of Wellington
Cowardice, Resorts, Rashness

I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly.

David Mamet
Two, Lazy, Cowardly Acts
"Mamet Talk" by Lillian Ross, www.newyorker.com. May 19, 2008.

Knowing what's correct and not doing it, it's the worst cowardice.

Confucius
Knowing, Cowardice, Worst

You're a coward if you don't stand up. Not for you, but for women. Say something.

Bjork
Coward, Ifs
"The Invisible Woman: A Conversation With Bjork". Interview with Jessica Hopper, pitchfork.com. January 21, 2015.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

Bertrand Russell
Inspirational, Fear, Coward

There grows No herb of help to heal a coward heart.

Algernon Charles Swinburne
Heart, Coward, Herbs
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1874). “Bothwell: A Tragedy”, p.178

Plenty and peace breed cowards; hardness ever of hardiness is mother.

William Shakespeare
Mother, Coward, Hardness
William Shakespeare (1771). “The plays of Shakespeare, from the text of S. Johnson, with the prefaces, notes &c. of Rowe, Pope and many other critics. 6 vols. [in 12 pt. Followed by] Shakespeare's poems”, p.195

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