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Lieutenant al-Kaseasbeh's dedication, courage and service to his country and family represent universal human values that stand in opposition to the cowardice and depravity of ISIL, which has been so broadly rejected around the globe. – President Obama	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Terrorists kill from far, but cowardice is not far. (Les terroristes tuent de loin, Mais la lâcheté n'est pas loin) – Charles de LEUSSE	added by anonymous 10 years ago
All around me is cowardice and deceit. – Nicholas II of Russia	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. – Hosea Ballou	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Those words, temperate and moderate, are words either of political cowardice, or of cunning, or seduction. A thing, moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice. – Thomas Paine	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity. – Dr. Robert Anthony	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. – Plutarch	added by anonymous 10 years ago
At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion. – Edwin Hubbel Chapin	added by anonymous 10 years ago
I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips. – Will Rogers	added by anonymous 10 years ago
It is such a pity that the only road that never ceases to close out is the that of cowardice" - Mental Hell – Ahmed Korayem	added by anonymous 11 years ago
Cowardice asks the question - is it safe? Expediency asks the question - is it politic? Vanity asks the question - is it popular? But conscience asks the question - is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Conscience and cowardice are really the same thing. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. – Oscar Wilde	added by anonymous 13 years ago
There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist. – Ayn Rand	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Patience is often merely the guise of Cowardice. – C. Lee Hopkin	added by anonymous 13 years ago
There is a schizophrenic nature in modern politics. A leader is expected to have a religious faith but he is not supposed to let it influence him in his duties. Somehow, the truths that determine everything else about his existence are not allowed to influence how he conducts himself in public life. Not only that, his principles are usually considered so personal that the public is not even allowed to know for certain what they are. This passes for noble statecraft in our time. It was once thought cowardice. – Stephen Mansfield	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice. – Gilbert Chesterton	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Cowardice asks the question - is it safe? Vanity asks the question - is it popular? Expediency asks the question - is it political? But conscience asks the question - is it right? There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, popular, or political; but because it is right. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right? – William Punshon	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The greatest giver of alms is cowardice. – F. Nietzsche, The Wanderer and His Shadow	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice. – Richard Harris	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others. – Dr. Jose Rizal	added by anonymous 14 years ago
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity. – Irving Wallace	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Cowardice asks Is it safe Expediency asks Is it politic But Conscience asks Is it right – William Punshon	added by anonymous 14 years ago
It could be that our faithlessness is a cowering cowardice born of our very smallness, a massive failure of imagination... If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed. – Annie Dillard	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Lieutenant al-Kaseasbeh's dedication, courage and service to his country and family represent universal human values that stand in opposition to the cowardice and depravity of ISIL, which has been so broadly rejected around the globe.

– President Obama

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Terrorists kill from far, but cowardice is not far. (Les terroristes tuent de loin, Mais la lâcheté n'est pas loin)

– Charles de LEUSSE

added by anonymous
10 years ago

All around me is cowardice and deceit.

– Nicholas II of Russia

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

– Hosea Ballou

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Those words, temperate and moderate, are words either of political cowardice, or of cunning, or seduction. A thing, moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice.

– Thomas Paine

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

– Dr. Robert Anthony

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

– Plutarch

added by anonymous
10 years ago

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

– Edwin Hubbel Chapin

added by anonymous
10 years ago

I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.

– Will Rogers

added by anonymous
10 years ago

It is such a pity that the only road that never ceases to close out is the that of cowardice" - Mental Hell

– Ahmed Korayem

added by anonymous
11 years ago

Cowardice asks the question - is it safe? Expediency asks the question - is it politic? Vanity asks the question - is it popular? But conscience asks the question - is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right.

– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.