338 Quotes About Cowardice

People who run away from challenges are cowards and no coward deserves a reward.

I always take credit for my acts of cruelty. To do otherwise is cowardice.

Such a brute should underneath all his braggart tricks, his viciousness, his vileness, be a coward. But I am convinced that he was not. Because even cowardice requires a certain degree of sensitivity, and a certain value for life.

Most men wait to move until victory is guaranteed.

A man who is cowardly at heart and has not emancipated his mind will be afraid of non-existent ghosts and gods.

There are many idols but I would categorize them into three: heroes who are strong enough to lay themselves bare to the people and cowards who hide behind symbols and crafted figures. Then there is one who rules over them. They all love the same thing; praise and adoration. The question is, to whom does the glory belong to, really?

No one is born to courage, Juliet. Courage is a habit you develop after cowardice has gotten you nothing.

There is nothing like a conflict to do the difficult work for you. It is an underrated remedy, cowardly as we are, but it makes everything so much easier.

A crust of lard, habit, and cowardice envelops the soul; no matter what it craves from the depths of its prison, the lard, habit, and cowardice carry out something entirely different.