Top Cowardice Quotes

The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards.

The instinct of self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at the bottom they are perfectly aware by declaring them nonexistent, and a warning such as mi...

Cowardice Definition

(n.) Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit.

Only cowards cave. The brave get assassinated.

The tombstone over the grave of the conscience always reads: "Human Nature".

People run away from the love game because they know they won't win the race.

There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general:(1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction;(2) cowardice, which leads to capture;(3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults;(4) a...

It's a curse—this not wanting to look on naked realities. Until the war, life was never more real to me than a shadow show on a curtain. And I preferred it so. I did not like the outlines of things to...

When all this is over, people will try to blame the Germans alone, and the Germans will try to blame the Nazis alone, and the Nazis will try to blame Hitler alone. They will make him bear the sins of...

Merry hearts are vulnerable to death, don't be over-joyed to the state of oblivion, lest the enemy poison your meal.

The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.

Cowards never dare to love.

No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.

I know that you are preparing to fight." There were screams amongst the students, some of whom clutched each other, looking around in terror for the source of the sound. "Your efforts are futile. You...

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

Turning back against your responsibilityas a father is the most spineless thing you can do.

Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

The Western world has lost its civil courage, both as a whole and separately, in each country, each government, each political party and of course in the United Nations. Such a decline in courage is p...

We may place blame, give reasons, and even have excuses; but in the end, it is an act of cowardice to not follow your dreams.

Humor is the most engaging cowardice.