Coward Quotes

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  The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.

  Bob Marley

  Love, Heartbreak, Men

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• Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Sports, Coaching

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.118, McGraw Hill Professional

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• A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Life, Peace, Clever

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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• A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

  Thomas Jefferson

  War, Men, Spirit

  Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia II, Correspondence 1782-1786”, p.400, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Cowardice, Braggarts

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• Slander is the tool of cowards.

  Vanna Bonta

  Tools, Slander

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• Cowardice is impotence worse than violence. The coward desires revenge but being afraid to die, he looks to others, maybe to the government of the day, to do the work of defense for him. A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Revenge, Men, Desire

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.33, New Directions Publishing

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• The brave man, inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.

  Andrew Jackson

  Country, Courage, Military

  Andrew Jackson, David Maydole Matteson (1937). “Correspondence of Andrew Jackson: to April 30, 1814”

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• These cowards have no morals. They have no shame about lying.

  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

  Funny, Military, Lying

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• The coward only threatens when he is safe.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Literature, Safe

  "Torquato Tasso". II. 3. 207, 1790.

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• Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward!
  Thou little valiant, great in villainy!
  Thou ever strong upon the stronger side!
  Thou Fortune's champion, that dost never fight
  But where her humorous ladyship is by
  To teach thee safety.

  William Shakespeare

  Strong, Humorous, Fighting

  William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1811). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens. With a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, from the Most Eminent Commentators; a History of the Stage, a Life of Shakespeare, &c.[edited] by Alexander Chalmers”, p.231

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• Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Revenge, Hate, Hatred

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.1477, e-artnow

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• I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.

  Che Guevara

  Men, Revolutionary, Dictator

  "The Death of Che Guevara: Declassified" by Peter Kornbluh, nsarchive2.gwu.edu.

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• Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Sarcastic, Courage, Peace

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.45, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

  Gene Hackman

  Courage, Hero, Differences

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• This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless acts of violence' is complacent nonsense. People willing to kill thousands of innocents while they kill themselves are not cowards. They are deadly vicious warriors and need to be treated as such.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Warrior, People, Enemy

  "This is not crime, this is war" by Charles Krauthammer, townhall.com. September 12, 2001.

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  A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

  John Calvin

  Christian, Dog, Religious

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• You are a coward when you even seem to have backed down from a thing you openly set out to do

  Mark Twain

  Seems

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.71, Courier Corporation

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• Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Fear, Use

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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• I don't remember what script it was, but at the Monday table read, the [opening] teaser didn't work.We went back and had to think of a new teaser, and [after] four hours, five hours, we weren't landing on anything.And it was probably Glen [Charles] who said, "What are we, cowards?" You had to do it, no matter how long it took.

  David Lee

  Monday, Thinking, Long

  Source: www.gq.com

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• The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.

  Ovid

  Prayer, Fortune

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• Those who were cowards never started, and those who were weak were lost on the way, but the brave find a home in every land.

  Walter Knott

  Home, Land, Bravery

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• The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.

  Bertrand Russell

  Honesty, Pain, Integrity

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• I'm a hero with coward's legs.

  Spike Milligan

  Hero, Legs

  "Fictional character: Dan Madigan". "Puckoon", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Hero, Good Luck, Suspense

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