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Cowards Quotes

Quotes on fear, conscience, and human nature

These quotes take a hard look at cowardice, including the famous line that cowards die many times before their actual deaths. Some direct the label at institutions, others at human nature itself, Always a little uncomfortable to read.

Sometimes, anonymous sources, when merely stating opinions or running a smear campaign, are certainly cowards.

Quotes by Rod Lurie

The world has no room for cowards.

Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

I'm not asking you to be tolerant of each other. Tolerance is for cowards. Understand each other.

Quotes by Randall L. Stephenson

The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.

Quotes by Ovid

Always Quotes

The networks are business-oriented cowards.

Quotes by Mike Farrell

The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.

Quotes by Max Beerbohm

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

Quotes by Julius Caesar

For all men would be cowards if they durst.

Quotes by John Wilmot

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Before Quotes

Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.

Quotes by Eric Holder

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.

Quotes by Elmer Davis

To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.

Quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

All enchantments die; only cowards die with them.

Quotes by Charles Morgan

People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

Quotes by August Strindberg

Campaign Quotes

I have too much to live for to allow a bunch of cowards to take my joy. I refuse to give them my joy.

Quotes by Anthony Ray Hinton

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most famous line in this collection?
The Shakespearean line "Cowards die many times before their actual deaths" is the best known, contrasting repeated fear with a single actual death.
Do any quotes call out a specific group as cowardly?
One bluntly calls certain networks "business-oriented cowards," a sharp institutional critique rather than a comment about any individual.
Is there a quote suggesting everyone has some cowardice in them?
Yes, one argues that conscience itself "makes cowards of us all," suggesting hesitation and fear are part of being human rather than a personal failing.
What does "cowards if they durst" mean?
It's older phrasing meaning many people would act cowardly if they dared - implying outward courage sometimes just masks fear people don't act on.
Is this page more philosophical or more critical in tone?
It's a mix - some lines feel like timeless reflection on fear, while others are pointed remarks aimed at institutions or general human behavior.

One line suggests conscience itself can make cowards of us all, a humbling thought worth sitting with Before judging anyone else too quickly.