“Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.”
Plutarch
“Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.”
Hosea Ballou
“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.”
Rollo May
“Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' 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 because conscience tells one it is right.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.”
Peter Ustinov
“Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
“In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence”
Samuel Johnson
