Quotes by Coward There is no merit where there is no trial; and till experience stamps the mark of strength, cowards may pass for heroes, and faith for falsehood. Aaron Hill coward strength hero To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards of men. Abraham Lincoln coward silence men Only cowards insult dying majesty. Aesop majesty coward dying No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward Aesop coward matter giving While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward. Al Gore coward real president I'll buy metaphor, but simile's a cop-out used by scaredycats who won't commit to anything. Simile's for cowards. Alan Garner cop metaphor coward Courage is the goal of cowards. Alan Watts coward goal I am no coward sir! I shall stand and fight!" "Well, I am," said Sal. "So can we go... please? Alex Scarrow coward fighting said What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards. Alexander Pope ancestry coward blood Neglecting small things under the pretext of wanting to accomplish large ones is the excuse of a coward. Alexandra David-Neel neglect coward excuse 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 coward good-luck hero There grows No herb of help to heal a coward heart. Algernon Charles Swinburne herbs coward heart 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 coward virtue human-nature Cowards dare others to do what they themselves do not dare to do. Ana Monnar dare coward the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him. Anais Nin coward surprise cynicism If you want a definition of what a coward is, it’s needing to push a whole class of people down so that you can walk on top of them. Andrea Dworkin coward class people I understood that there would be some backlash, and that scared me, honestly. But deep down, I felt like it was the right thing to do. And if I was to run away from what I felt in my soul was the right thing to do, that would make me a coward. I can’t live with that. God wouldn’t be able to put me where I am today, and as far as I’ve come in life, if I was a coward. Andrew Hawkins coward soul running I feel like we are so much more comfortable sweeping things under the rug and putting on a brave face, and to me, sweeping under the rug is a coward move, not a brave move at all. I want to get out there and have a conversation. AnnaLynne McCord brave-face coward moving How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule? - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ridicule coward tests You are a coward,' she said, and with that one word wrote a denunciation, a biography, and a prophecy. Anthony Marra coward biographies said 1234567891011»