#cowardice

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

— Plutarch

#courage #cowardice #excess #halfway #lack

God did not give you the spirit of cowardice. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#did #give #god #spirit #you

That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#frighten #monsters #people #love

Ah, you coward! Look at you, running." "Actually, it's called improvising. ↗

— Jonathan Stroud

#humor #improvising #humor

But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgment of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived? ↗

— Markus Zusak

#cowardice

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman. ↗

— Ouida

#cowardice #men #women #men

Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit. ↗

— Jerome Cady

#fear #fellow #him #his #lets

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#cowardice #halfway #just #lies #rashness

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#conformity #cowardice #dead #even #fish

Some Saian mountaineer Struts today with my shield. I threw it down by a bush and ran When the fighting got hot. Life seemed somehow more precious. It was a beautiful shield. I know where I can buy another Exactly like it, just as round. ↗

— Archilochus

#humor #beauty