Coward Quotes - Page 23

• Are there anything more dishonourable and more coward than not marching in front of the army after taking the decision of war as a politician? Sending others for dying but keeping himself in safety is the affair of the low man only!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  War, Army, Men

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• A coward can be a hero, but a hero cannot be a coward.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Hero

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• Obedience is the greatest refuge of the weak and the coward people!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  People, Obedience, Weak

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• I think Hillary Clinton is a militarist. She is a political coward. The interesting thing about Hilary Clinton, like Bill Clinton dodging the draft, he never touched the Pentagon - she is in the same position.

  Ralph Nader

  Thinking, Interesting, Political

  "A Portrait of the Crusader as a Young Man". Interview with Koshlan Mayer-Blackwell, www.motherjones.com. March 14, 2007.

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• The Spirit's fullness is not the reward of our faithfulness, but God's gift for our defeat. He was not given to the disciples in Acts 28 as the culmination and reward of their wonderful service, but in Acts 2 when they had proved themselves cowards, meeting behind closed doors.

  Roy Hession

  Doors, Rewards, Spirit

  Roy Hession (2013). “Be Filled Now: The Holy Spirit’s Role in Helping Christians Attain Spiritual Maturity”, p.8, CLC Publications

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• Like everyone else, I want to be challenged. I want to find out whether or not I am a coward. I want to see how much effort I can put out . . . what I can endure . . . if I measure up. Running allows that.

  George A. Sheehan

  Running, Effort, Want

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• Cowards die many times; a brave man dies but once.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Brave, Dies

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• I touch my scar to remind myself that I am not a coward. I am a Quinn.

  Delores Phillips

  Scar, Quinn

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• Obituaries are like near-death experiences for cowards.

  Austin Kleon

  Near Death, Near Death Experience, Obituary

  Austin Kleon (2014). “Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered”, p.27, Workman Publishing

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• I found his last words without too much searching. Captured by the Bolivian army, Guevara said, 'Shoot, coward. You are only going to kill a man.

  John Green

  Army, Men, Too Much

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.100, Penguin

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• Coward dogs most spend their mouths when what they seem to threaten runs far before them.

  William Shakespeare

  Running, Dog, Mouths

  William Shakespeare (1998). “Henry V”, p.150, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Human Nature, Virtue, Substitutes

  Ambrose Bierce, S. T. Joshi, David E. Schultz (1998). “A Sole Survivor: Bits of Autobiography”, p.238, Univ. of Tennessee Press

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• Why so much grief for me? No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate. And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you - it’s born with us the day that we are born.

  Homer

  Grief, Fate, Men

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• You, why are you so afraid of war and slaughter? Even if all the rest of us drop and die around you, grappling for the ships, you’d run no risk of death: you lack the heart to last it out in combat—coward!

  Homer

  Running, War, Heart

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• Why, thou knowest I am as valiant as Hercules, but beware instinct. The lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter. I was a coward on instinct.

  William Shakespeare

  Lions, Matter, Instinct

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.281

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• The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one'.... (The man who first said that) was probably a coward.... He knew a great deal about cowards but nothing about the brave. The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he's intelligent. He simply doesn't mention them.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Intelligent, Men, Two

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• The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Suffering, Fever

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “The Sorrows of Young Werther: Top Classic of German”, p.23, 谷月社

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• Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die.

  Suzanne Collins

  Girl, Running, Selfish

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.117, Scholastic Inc.

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• Niten's eyes didn't move, but a trace of a smile curled his lips. "I do not need my eyes to tell me where I'm going." "I have no idea what that means," Josh said. "Is it like some sort of ninja trick?" Niten shot Josh a warning look. "Whatever you do, don't mention-" It was too late. In the backseat Aoife stirred. "Ninjas," she spat. "Why is everyone so obsessed with ninjas? They were never that good. And they were cowards, sneaking around in their black pajamas, stabbing their victims with poisoned darts. I hate ninjas-they have no honor.

  Michael Scott

  Hate, Moving, Mean

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• There’s no need in both of us dying tonight. (Kiara) I took an oath to save every life I could. I’m not about to back out on it now. I might be a lot of things, but a coward has never been one of them. (Syn)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dying, Needs, Tonight

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2016). “The League: Nemesis Rising, Books 1-3: Born of Night, Born of Fire, Born of Ice”, p.32, Macmillan

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• Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.

  Piers Anthony

  Courage, Fear, Heroism

  Piers Anthony (2002). “Castle Roogna”, p.46, Del Rey

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• The Holy Spirit can cast out the evil spirit of the fear of man. He can make the coward brave.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Men, Evil, Brave

  Charles Spurgeon (2011). “All of Grace (Authentic Original Classic): An urgent Word with Those Who Are Seeking Salvation by the Lord Jesus Christ”, p.55, Destiny Image Publishers

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• Be brave. Cowards always get hurt. Brave men generally come out unharmed.

  A. B. Simpson

  Hurt, Men, Brave

  A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers

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• ...writing fiction...is no job for intellectual cowards.

  Stephen King

  Jobs, Writing, Intellectual

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• What women will say to other women grumbling in their kitchens and complaining and gossiping or what they make clear in their masochism is often the last thing they will say aloud - a man may overhear. Women are the cowards they are because they have been semi-slaves for so long.

  Doris Lessing

  Men, Long, Kitchen

  Doris Lessing (2012). “The Golden Notebook”, p.9, HarperCollins UK

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