Man has it all in his hands, and it all slips through his fingers from sheer cowardice.
I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl; let him come out as I do, and bark.
Pacifism is simply undisguised cowardice.
The world is not for cowardly peoples.
The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all or there is no danger.
I think that for the coward every day carries a kind of death.
By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism
There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.
This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.
This cowardly act ... attempts to divert attention from bringing justice to those who violated the law and disrespected human lives.