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  • The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.

    Letter to the Young Women of Malolos (translated from Tagalog by Gregorio Zaide), February 22, 1889.
  • Better it were not to live than to live a coward.

    Sir Walter Raleigh, William Oldys, Thomas Birch (1829). “The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: The life of Sir Walter Ralegh, by William Oldys. The life of Sir Walter Ralegh, by Tho. Birch”, p.360
  • But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither they were going, and went on, in blindness and cowardice, to their fate. I wonder, for it is hard for me to conceive how men who knew the word "I," could give it up and not know what they lost. But such has been the story, for I have lived in the City of the damned, and I know what horror men permitted to be brought upon them.

    Fate   Men   Long Ago  
    Ayn Rand (2012). “Study Guide: Anthem (Study Gudie and Book)”, p.109, BookCaps Study Guides
  • I would have to point out in the strongest terms the autocracy of the Liberal structure and the cowardice of its members. I have never seen in all my examination of politics so degrading a spectacle as that of all these Liberals turning their coats in unison with their Chief, when they saw the chance to take power.

    "Cite libre" Journal, April 1963.
  • A man may be accused of cowardice for fleeing away from all manner of physical dangers but when things supernatural, insubstantial and inexplicable threaten not only his safety and well-being but his sanity, his innermost soul, then retreat is not a sign of weakness but the most prudent course.

    Men   Safety   Soul  
    FaceBook post by Susan Hill from Nov 01, 2014
  • The minds of human beings are not always entirely at one with the world in which they live, some people have trouble adjusting to reality, basically they're just weak, confused spirits who use words, sometimes very skillfully, to justify their cowardice.

  • In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves!

    People   Giving   Chance  
    Marjane Satrapi (2004). “Persepolis Two”, Pantheon
  • This world is not for cowards.

    Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Work and Its Secret”, p.11, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)
  • I am surprised how difficult for people is to say "I love you". They only say the three magic words when they are sure they will hear "I love you too" back. C'mon! Spread the energy of love without expecting anything! Cowards are incapable of expressing love; it is the prerogative of the brave

    FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Nov 05, 2009
  • Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

    Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.58, New Directions Publishing
  • Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

    Running   Fear   Bravery  
  • Love is no assignment for cowards.

  • It is bad for the soul to know itself a coward, it is apt to take refuge in mere wordy violence.

    Soul   Coward   Violence  
    Radclyffe Hall (2016). “The Well Of Loneliness”, p.129, Radclyffe Hall
  • There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: recklessness, which leads to destruction; cowardice, which leads to capture; a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults; a delicacy of honour, which is sensitive to shame; over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.

    Art   War   Men  
    Sun Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, Booklassic
  • We do not choose to be born.We do not--most of us, choose to die, or the times or conditions of our death. But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live--Courageously or in cowardice, Honorably or dishonorably, With purpose or adrift. We decide what is important and what is trivial. What makes us significant is what we DO, Or REFUSE TO DO. WE DECIDE and WE CHOOSE--and so we give definition to our lives.

  • I think that there should be a Gaius Baltar Award for Moral Cowardice given out to people every year.

    Thinking   Awards   Years  
    "Battlestar Galactica's James Callis". Interview with Chris Dahlen, www.avclub.com. June 12, 2008.
  • Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. Learning to suspend your imagination and live completely in the very second of the present with no before and no after is the greatest gift a soldier can acquire.

    Life   Death   Military  
    Men at War introduction (1942)
  • The infantile cowardice of our time which demands an external pattern, a nonhuman authority.

  • What is to be expected of them is not treachery, or physcial cowardice, but stupidity, unconscious sabotage, an infallible instinct for doing the wrong thing.

    George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.272, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Humour is the most engaging cowardice. With it myself I have been able to hold some of my enemy in play far out of gunshot.

    Play   Enemy   Able  
  • This is one of the stout-hearted old warriors: he is angry with civilization because he supposes that its aim is to make all goodthings--honors, treasures, beautiful women--accessible even to cowards.

  • No one blames a pilot who takes refuge in port when the storm begins to blow. It is not cowardice to duck under a bullet; what is wrong is to defy it only to fall and never rise again.

    Fall   Blow   Ducks  
    Jose Rizal (2010). “Noli Me Tangere: Translated by Leon Ma. Guerrero”, p.278, BookBaby
  • We know how often in our lives through laziness and cowardice we give up the battle and try to hypnotise our minds into the belief that we are brave.

    Giving Up   Brave   Mind  
    Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.417, Manonmani Publishers
  • Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice of the enemy.

    Courage   Bravery   Enemy  
  • Is there cowardice with the acknowledgement of fear?

  • Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.

    Long   Coward   Helping  
    Khaled Hosseini (2004). “The Kite Runner”, p.206, Penguin
  • Love that seeks to do men good is cowardice when it refuses to prevent them from doing wrong.

    Men   Cowardice   Refuse  
    Shailer Mathews (1918). “Patriotism and Religion”
  • The wildest hath not such a heart as you. Run when you will, the story shall be changed: Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase; The dove pursues the griffin; the mild hind Makes speed to catch the tiger; bootless speed, When cowardice pursues and valour flies.

    Running   Heart   Apollo  
    William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.1097, Oxford University Press
  • So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist.

    Dr. Laura Schlessinger (2011). “Surviving a Shark Attack (On Land): Overcoming Betrayal and Dealing with Revenge”, p.11, Harper Collins
  • ...Really, there is no greater sin than cowardice; cowards are never saved - that is sure. I can stand everything else but not that.

    Coward   Sin   Saved  
    Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.4013, Manonmani Publishers
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