A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women
Mahatma GandhiRead
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A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women
It's the coward who says, 'This is fate'...It's the strong who stands up & says 'I will make my fate'
Be moral. Be brave. Be a heart-whole man, strictly moral, brave unto desperation. Don't bother your head with religious theories. Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is slicked o'er with the pale cast of thought
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
If I did not see that the Lord kept watch over the ship, I should long since have abandoned the helm. But I see Him! - through the storm, strengthening the tackling, handling the yards, spreading the sails - yes more, commanding the very winds! Should I not be a coward if I abandoned my post? Let Him govern, let Him carry us forward, let Him hasten or delay; we will fear nothing!
Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.
You are a coward when you even seem to have backed down from a thing you openly set out to do
I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.
Man dies but once. My disciples must not be cowards.
Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in fears, and some are cowards under the same conditions.
The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so defined that he can see himself as patriotic, courageous, and manly only through compliance.
There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.
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.
You gain nothing by becoming cowards.
Never allow weakness to overtake your mind. Remember Mahavira, remember the Divine Mother! And you will see that all weakness, all cowardice will vanish at once.
Do not run away, it is cowardice.
I hate cowardice; I will have nothing to do with cowards or political nonsense.
Cowards never win victories. We have to fight fear and troubles and ignorance if we expect them to flee before us.
Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.
Bear in mind, my children, that only cowards and those who are weak commit sin and tell lies. The brave are always moral. Try to be moral, try to be brave, try to be sympathising.
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