Coward Quotes

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.
Sallust

Nature, Human, May

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

Drunk, Goes, Wartime

Timothy McVeigh was a coward. Violence is the stupid way out. It'll discredit any real legitmate movement.
Glenn Beck

Stupid, Real, Violence

I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward.
Edith Piaf

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat.
Kevin Costner

War, Down, Nation

If I'm scared and I'm a coward, why do you guys want to see me fight?
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Fight, Why, Scared

I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Small, Dark, Bit

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

Hero, Between, Step

The coward's weapon, poison.
John Fletcher

Hey, I'm like the Wayne Gretsky of the entertainment biz - I have other people do my dirty work while I skate around and get to be a nice guy. What can I say? I'm a coward.
Paul Feig

Work, Nice, Around

I'm a complete coward in real life.
Seth Rogen

Life, Real, Complete

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.
Robert Capa

War, Freedom, Game

The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on.
George Sewell

Death, Live, Brave

I'm a charming coward; I fight with words.
Carl Reiner

Fight, Words, Charming

You know what, I'm a big coward and I'm really afraid of live audiences.
Kate Bosworth

Live, Big, Afraid

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

Guess, Cautious

It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.
Junius

Him, Above, Whenever

I am actually a terrible coward. Fear is a constant fact of my life.
Trevor McDonald

Life, Fear, Fact

Of what value is a mind when placed in the brain of a coward? If mind is a gift of God to man for his use, let him use it. A mind is not in use when doing no good.
Andrew Taylor Still

Good, God, Mind

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

Father, Affair, Oh

I am a coward, basically, but one of the things about acting is that you are always putting yourself through yet another test.
Samuel West

Yourself, Through, Acting

I run; I am a coward at heart. I swear, when I smell violence or aggression the coward comes out in me. I have no desire to fight anybody except myself.
Rutger Hauer

Heart, Fight, Violence

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.
Horace Smith

Courage, Fear, Thought

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

Writing, Tried, Whose

To be called a coward, I don't think that's fair.
Rodney Alexander

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