Quotes about coward
cowardly people
It is our people who are sitting in the dark because of these cowardly and treacherous attacks, not our occupiers.
coward-and-cowardice palms
My valor is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out as it were, at the palms of my hands! Richard Brinsley Sheridan
coward matter lions
Why, thou knowest I am as valiant as Hercules, but beware instinct. The lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter. I was a coward on instinct. William Shakespeare
coward-and-cowardice difference far men
Most Men are Cowards, all Men should be Knaves. The Difference lies, as far as I can see, Not in the thing it self, but the degree. . . . John Wilmot
cowardly honorable life peace
You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself, and for the firefighter it is fire. Larry Brown
coward doe hue
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is slicked o'er with the pale cast of thought William Shakespeare
coward conscience
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! William Shakespeare
coward-and-cowardice cowards martial
We'll have a swashing and a martial outside, as many other mannish cowards have. William Shakespeare
coward-and-cowardice drives fellow hate laziness sit whom
I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl; let him come out as I do, and bark. Samuel Johnson
coward obscurity rust
I like the spirit of this great London which I feel around me. Who but a coward would pass his whole life in hamlets; and for ever abandon his faculties to the eating rust of obscurity? Charlotte Bronte
coward persons just-one
I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward. Edith Piaf
coward instinct
I was a coward on instinct. William Shakespeare
coward matter instinct
Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct. William Shakespeare
coward-and-cowardice either fight finish gets ground middle shot stay taking turning wants
There is no middle ground when taking the hill. You either stay in the foxhole or fight to the finish. Turning back just gets you shot in the back - and no one wants to finish as a coward.
coward
Haters are cowards. When confronted they often back down. We must resist haters. Janet Reno
coward cop metaphor
I'll buy metaphor, but simile's a cop-out used by scaredycats who won't commit to anything. Simile's for cowards. Alan Garner
coward tongue cowardice
A coward's courage is in his tongue. Edmund Burke
coward chickens betting
When it comes to betting on yourself... you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate. B. C. Forbes
cowardice pacifism
Pacifism is simply undisguised cowardice. Adolf Hitler
cowardly rash stand violence
We won't stand for cowardly acts. We just want this rash of violence to end in our community.
coward dying majesty
Only cowards insult dying majesty. Aesop
coward coward-and-cowardice disrupt standing
Standing together, we won't let a coward like this disrupt our way of life. Anthony Williams
coward coward-and-cowardice dead minute proverbs rest
It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.
coward society misused-words
Coward is the most misused word in our society. Doug Stanhope
coward uniforms mask
What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards! Duke of Wellington
cowardice resorts rashness
Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage. Duke of Wellington
coward surprise cynicism
the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him. Anais Nin
coward now-and-then eragon
If you don't make a few ememies now and then, you're a coward-or worse. Besides, it as worth it to see his reaction. Oh, he was angry! - Angela to Eragon Christopher Paolini
coward human-nature virtue
Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward. Ambrose Bierce
coward biographies said
You are a coward,' she said, and with that one word wrote a denunciation, a biography, and a prophecy. Anthony Marra
coward definition excuses last sooner
One definition of a coward is simply, someone who makes a lot of excuses. Most of us have enough excuses to last a lifetime. The sooner we let go of them and get on with living, the better off we are. Tim Hansel
coward coward-and-cowardice faith fear glories shines soul
No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere; I see Heaven's glories shine, And, Faith shines equal, arming me from Fear Emily Bronte
coward would-be poison
The truth was, Azoth hated Azoth. Azoth was a coward, passive, weak, afraid, disloyal. Azoth had hesitated. Master Blint didn’t know it, but the poisons on the needle had killed Azoth. He was Kylar now, and Kylar would be everything Azoth hadn’t dared to be. Brent Weeks