Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once.
William ShakespeareCourage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
PlutarchFreedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
George W. BushHeroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage, the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.
Jean-Jacques RousseauCowardic is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
Ernest HemingwayWoman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.
Jean PaulWhen the blandishments of life are gone, the coward creeps to death - the brave lives on.
Marcus AureliusThe brave man inattentive to his duty is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.
Andrew Jackson