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One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination.
How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination.
Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive.
Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive.
It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.
It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.