The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.
Despair gives courage to a coward.
While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward.
I love watching 'UFC' - Ultimate Fighting Championship - I don't know why, because I'm more of a coward than a fighter, but I seem to be very drawn to these blokes actually smashing each other to bits.
Oh, Mr Coward, sir - I could never have an affair with you, because you remind me of my father!
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
You know what, I'm a big coward and I'm really afraid of live audiences.
I'm not the type of person to give up just because something gets rough. That's a coward. That's not me.
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.
Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards, and a third are heroes. Now, a villain and a coward can choose to be a hero, but they've got to make that choice.
At 11, I went to live with my maternal nan and granddad temporarily, after my parents separated, and Nan would let me have a go on her piano. My grandparents were like something out of the Noel Coward play, 'This Happy Breed,' and it was magical to hear them sing music-hall songs.
Since cowardice must occur at a time and place where an enemy either has already appeared or may yet turn up, servicemen in peacetime - and ordinary civilians - can breathe a sigh of relief. If you are yellow-bellied back home, you're not technically a coward.
I'm a hero with coward's legs.
You write in songs what you're too scared to write in real life, and then you sing the songs to loads of people instead of telling it to the person you should be telling it to... Songs are a great way of dealing with those issues but kind of a coward's way as well.
I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.
