Cowardice Quotes - Page 6
Your devotion is nothing more than cowardice. You would not be here if you had anywhere else to go.
J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, p.17, Pottermore
Margrit Hahnloser-Ingold, Henri Matisse (1987). “Matisse, the graphic work”, Rizzoli International Publications
George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.272, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Eric Hoffer (1980). “The True Believer”
Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.543, Del Rey
Charles Lamb (1867). “The essays of Elia. [Followed by] The last essays of Elia”, p.219
Who, with tame cowardice familiar grown, would hear my thoughts, but fear to speak their own.
Charles Churchill (1774). “The Works of C. Churchill”, p.23
That cowardice is incorrigible which the love of power cannot overcome.
Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.34
Alec would have said he could have benefited from a bit more in the way of constructive cowardice.
Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.545, Simon and Schuster
We are too ready (women especially) not to stand by what we have said or done.
Brenda Ueland (2013). “If You Want to Write”, p.137, Simon and Schuster
Ann Aguirre (2011). “Aftermath”, p.17, Penguin
That was the source of my vanity and my cowardice: always I believed everyone was watching me.
Andre Dubus (2010). “Broken Vessels: Essays”, p.51, Open Road Media