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we do not ask. We want to be told. One of the most curious things in the structure of our psyche is that we all want to be told because we are the result of the propaganda of ten thousand years. We want to have our thinking confirmed and corroborated by another, whereas to ask a question is to ask it of yourself.

We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our own being; we desire to live an imaginary life in the mind of others, and for this purpose we endeavour to shine. We labour unceasingly to adorn and preserve this imaginary existence, and neglect the real. And if we possess calmness, or generosity, or truthfulness, we are eager to make it known, so as to attach these virtues to that imaginary existence. We would rather separate them from ourselves to join them to it; and we would willingly be cowards in order to acquire the reputation of being brave. A great proof of the nothingness of our being, not to be satisfied with the one without the other, and to renounce the one for the other! For he would be infamous who would not die to preserve his honour.

We have been nourished by the unconditional love of our parents, elders, siblings, teachers and others. Hence, to discard all our responsibility and run away from life would be an act of cowardice and ungratefulness.

With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual,' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be. You always dread the unfamiliar. Surely you remember the boy in your own school class who was exceptionally ‘bright,’ did most of the reciting and answering while the others sat like so many leaden idols, hating him. And wasn’t it this bright boy you selected and tortured after hours? Of course it was. We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves again. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man? Me?

When you don't have the courage, you never had the courage.

What--has O-Tar seen an ulsio and fainted?" demanded I-Gos with broad sarcasm. "Men have died for less than that, ancient one," E-Thas reminded him. "I am safe," retorted I-Gos, "for I am not a brave and popular son of the jeddak of Manator.

What is it then? Why do you hesitate? Why do you relish living like a coward? Why cannot you be bold and keen to start?

When dark situations arise, it is opportunity for you to reveal the leader in you. Rise and deal with them.

You can't be a man and a coward at the same time.

Wow, I think my crush just disappeared. Cowardice was a surprisingly big turn-off.

Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural.

You have no enemies, you say? Alas, my friend, the boast is poor. He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done. You’ve hit no traitor on the hip. You’ve dashed no cup from perjured lip. You’ve never turned the wrong to right. You’ve been a coward in the fight.

You must learn to overcome your cowardice, and put God, His principles and the things of His kingdom, that you are called to establish, first in your life

Young man, be of good courage. Care not for what the world says or thinks: you will not be with the world always. Can man save your soul? No. Will man be your judge in the great and dreadful day of account? No. Can man give you a good conscience in life, a good hope in death, a good answer in the morning of resurrection? No! no! no! Man can do nothing of the sort. Then "fear not the reproach of men, neither be afraid of their revilings: for the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool" (Isa. 51:7,8). Call to your mind the saying of good Colonel Gardiner: "I fear God, and therefore I have none else to fear." Go and be like him.

You can’t touch the rain behind the windows! You can’t touch the life behind the cowardice because cowardice is the greatest obstacle between you and the life!

You can't throw kindling on a fire and deny you kept it burning. And right now, cowardice is that kindling.

A coward's courage is in his tongue.

A fortress is of no use to cowards.

Alec would have said he could have benefited from a bit more in the way of constructive cowardice.

All around me is cowardice and deceit.

Between cowardice and despair, valour is gendred.

As long as greed, stupidity and cowardice remain a part of the human condition, there will be a constituency for Democrats.

Apparent confusion is a product of good order; apparent cowardice, of courage; apparent weakness, of strength.

Caution, Sir! I am eternally tired of hearing that word caution. It is nothing but the word of cowardice!

Bravery escapes more dangers than cowardice.

But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgment of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived?

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.

Classic is our daring, classic our cowardice. Classic is our cruelty, classic our charity.

Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.

Cowardice in a race, as in an individual, is the unpardonable sin.

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right?

Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.

Cowardice is the mother of cruelty.

Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor.

Cowardice, the dread of what will happen.

Cowardice was undoubtedly one of the most terrible vices - thus spoke Yeshua Ha-Nozri. 'No, philosopher, I disagree with you: it is the most terrible vice!

Coercion created slavery, the cowardice of the slaves perpetuated it.

Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it.

Cowardice is incompatible with divine wisdom.

Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.

Do not run away, it is cowardice.

Despair swallows up cowardice.

Ever the characteristic manners of cowardice.

Envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that nobody ever had the confidence to own it.

Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

faint heart never won fair lady

Failure and well-disguised cowardice are more human and more beloved.

Falsehood is never better than truth, theft better than honesty, treachery better than loyalty, cowardice better than courage.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.