Cowardice Quotes
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The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
Rollo May
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Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
Mahatma Gandhi
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They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I`m a coward.
Jack Handy
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Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
Hosea Ballou
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The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.
Dr. Robert Anthony
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Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof ...
Daisaku Ikeda
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To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
Confucius
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Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live
Charles Caleb Colton
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Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live
Charles Caleb Colton
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To be one`s self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
Irving Wallace
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There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
Mark Twain
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There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.
Ayn Rand
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Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
Ernest Hemingway
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Call it enlightened cowardice, if you like. Actually, over the years I discovered that I just didn`t enjoy flying, and I became aware of compromised safety margins in commercial aviation that are never mentioned in airline advertising. So I decided I`d ra...
Stanley Kubrick
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We ought instead of retreating should follow up the enemy and take Richmond. And in full view of all responsible for such declaration, I say to you all, such an order can only be prompted by cowardice or treason.
Amy Henderson
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There is a point at which the law becomes immoral and unethical. That point is reached when it becomes a cloak for the cowardice that dares not stand up against blatant violations of justice.
Allie Savarino
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The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
Andre Grjebine
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Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
Aly Hinton
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Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk.
Aly Hinton
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Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.
Andres Macias
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Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
Mohandas Gandhi
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Every clique is a refuge for incompetence. It fosters corruption and disloyalty, it begets cowardice, and consequently is a burden upon and a drawback to the progress of the country. Its instincts and actions are those of the pack.
Ashley Reynolds
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Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.
Ali Fabbro
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Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
Amy Newman
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At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.
Alberto Adrianzen
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Don`t think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.
Samuel Johnson
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To be one`s self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
Irving Wallace
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Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it`s cowardice.
George Jackson
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