Coward Quotes

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.

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

Oh, Mr Coward, sir - I could never have an affair with you, because you remind me of my father!

The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk in wartime goes on being a coward.

I'm a bit of a coward, and lazy, oddly enough.

I'm a hero with coward's legs.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

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

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.

I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.

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.

I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark.

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing.

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

I would say that the war correspondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater freedom than the soldier, but at this stage of the game, having the freedom to choose his spot and being allowed to be a coward and not be executed for it is his torture.