338 Quotes About Cowardice

  • Author Garry Kasparov
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    This is a typical pattern of convenient cowardice. If you acknowledge the horrible truth you would have to act, so it’s easier to ignore the facts.

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  • Author Stendhal
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    Now civilization has banished chance, there is no more of the unexpected. If it comes up in ideas there aren't enough epigrams to throw at it; if it comes up in action no amount of cowardice is enough to cope with our fears.

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  • Author Stephen King
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    He was a coward at heart, you see, although I never said the word out loud to him —not then and not ever. Doing that's about the most dangerous thing a person can do, I think, because a coward is more afraid of being discovered than he is of anything else, even dying.

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  • Author Glenn Haybittle
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    Do you know what the most secret stubbornly-defended part of our identity is? It’s the private concessions we make to our cowardice.

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