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The brave soldiers die. The cowards survive and write the history.

The difference between a hero and a coward is one is defeated by fear while the other is catapulted by it.

The eye of danger and the face of fear are what really pull off a person's mask.

The fanatic emphasis on ‘Plan B’ that professionals talk about is not a coward’s fall-back system. It serves a purpose, a purpose that a strategist has envisioned and planned before the need for an alternate solution surfaces.

The fear of God is one of the most extreme expressions of cowardice.

The Ninysh might have resisted a bit harder. I don't mean to imply that they were cowards...," Maurizio said shrugging, clearly implying that the Ninysh were cowards.

There are no creatures that walk the earth, not even those animals we have labelled cowards, which will not show courage when required to defend themselves.

There is no place for mediocrity in modern society. A General whose courage is just ‘average’ is sure to be counted as a coward in the battlefield. A manager whose performance is ‘average’ is unlikely to get his promotions. A sportsman whose skill is ‘mean’ wouldn’t even be selected for the team. A person who is honest half the time and dishonest in the other half is sure to suffer the pain of both honesty and dishonesty.

There was this constant urge in me to tear my insides apart, I didn't know why. By the time I made my mind that it was impossible for me to do, there alighted the fear, haunting me with the words that rang constantly in my head, "You're not brave enough". I didn't feel devastated, I felt the urge to be devastated.

The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.

The weakest punches are thrown with the tongue.

They may say that dangerous roads are not for the cowards; I say if you are a coward, choose a dangerous road because even one single coward person is a great loss for humanity and the only way he learns to be brave is to travel on the dangerous roads!

Thinking without acting makes you a coward. Acting without thinking makes you insane. You need both the thoughts and actions; they never walk alone!

This is really difficult to accept who i am, i am a liar, coward, selfish and i am done. I am not a inspiration, not a friend , not a teacher, just another face in a crowd. I don't know who i am.

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.

A coward dies a thousand deaths, the gallant never taste of death but once.

A coward never forgives.

A coward can die many times, but love can only die once.

A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women

A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.

A coward with a gun is the most dangerous person in the world

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

A coward's courage is in his tongue.

Actually, I can't stand watching violent scenes in films; I avoid watching horror films. I don't tend to watch action films mainly because I find them boring, but I watch the films of David Cronenberg and Martin Scorsese, usually in a state close to having a heart attack. I'm a complete coward. I make violent films as a result of my sensitivity to violence - in other words, my fear of violence.

The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one?' 'Of course. Who said it?' 'I don't know.' 'He was probably a coward,' she said. "He knew a great deal about cowards but nothing about the brave. The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he's intelligent. He simply doesn't mention them.

The opposite of a coward is one who knows and does the right thing at the right time even if it may cost them their own life.

These exhortations to keep safe have made people cowards.

The thing is… I was a very proud girl. I never wanted to take the chance I might get hurt. Isn’t that funny? I was game for any exciting adventure that came my way, but when it came to risking my heart, I was a coward.

The weaknesses of a warrior are better than the strengths of a coward.

The world is ruled by cowards and cravens; brave men have put them there.

Turning back against your responsibility as a father is the most spineless thing you can do.

Two things I ask of my God today. That my faith be hoisted high like a kite up in the sky and my fear be buried deeply like a carcass into the soil.

Warriors suffer for their dreams. Cowards pay for their fears.

Who needs a castle? Surely not a courageous man! Who needs a guard? Surely not a brave man! Who needs a gun? Surely not a strong man! Cowards need castles, they need guards and guns, simply because they are weak and chicken hearted!

You feed your fears to grow muscles against you when you run away from what frightens you. Little do you know that it’s frightened when you face it boldly!

A brave man is sometimes a desperado: a bully is always a coward.

Ah, you coward! Look at you, running." "Actually, it's called improvising.

Actually, I am a coward. I say only what is safe to say, and I criticise only what is permissable to criticise.

Advertising is a conscienceless industry, populated by cowards and idiots, that warps and drains everyone. It eggs on the worst in all of us. If I could eliminate either advertising or nuclear weapons, I would choose advertising.

A fortress is of no use to cowards.

All men would be cowards if they only had the courage.

All the learn'd are cowards by profession.

The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.

And to those who would choose the safety of inaction over the danger of taking a stand, I have this to say: You bloody cowards. May you have the world that you deserve.

among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all

All trembling, I reached the Falls of Niagara, and oh, what a scene! My blood shudders still, although I am not a coward, at the grandeur of the Creators power; and I gazed motionless on this new display of the irresistible force of one of His elements.

And yet, something inside you is so horrible or you're such a coward or whatever the reason that you decide that you have to end it. Robin Williams, at 63, did that today.

At sixteen I get drafted. When I read the draft notice, I cry. Not because I'm a coward - I'm not afraid of anyone. But I don't want to kill or be killed.

Anything worth doing is worth over-doing. Moderation is for cowards.