Cowardice Quotes

Suppose that any man who ever did anything worth while had been a coward! The world owes its progress to the men who have dared, and you must dare to speak the effective word that is in your heart to speakā€”for often it requires courage to utter a single sentence. But remember that men erect […]

Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation his defense.

A coward has no scar.

It is thus that mutual cowardice keeps us in peace. Were one half of mankind brave, and one half cowards, the brave would be always beating the cowards. Were all brave, they would lead a very uneasy life; all would be continually fighting: but being all cowards, we go on very well.

Not every man is so great a coward as he thinks he is – nor yet so good a Christian.

A coward is a man in whom the instinct of self – preservation acts normally.

It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.

I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves.

Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.

To keep silent when we should protest, makes cowards of men.