“Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.” LyingStrangeSafetyCowardCowardiceDauntless Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
“If you are black, the only roads into the mainland of American life are through subservience, cowardice, and loss of manhood. These are the white man's roads.” IfsMenBlackLossWhiteAfrican AmericanCowardiceManhoodWhite ManAmerican LifeSubservience Author:Amiri Baraka
“When will the state of the country be sound?... When its people believe that the end result of cowardice is more disastrous than that of behaving with integrity.” PeopleBelieveEndsCountryStatesSoundResultsIntegrityCowardiceEnd Results Book:Echoes of an Autobiography Source: Echoes of an Autobiography
“Coercion created slavery, the cowardice of the slaves perpetuated it.” SlaverySlaveCowardiceCoercionServitude Author:Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
“A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.” BitesCowardiceCowardlyBark Author:Quintus Curtius Rufus
“Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.” MenEyeHeroOccasionsCowardCowardice Author:Brooke Westcott
“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.” CountryActionPoliticsProgressPoliticianInstinctBurdenCorruptionCowardiceRefugePacksIncompetenceBegetsCliqueDrawbacksDisloyalty Author:Soong May-ling