Lack of Courage Quotes

McKinley has no more backbone than a chocolate eclair.

Liberalism is: To let things drift if they do not affect one personally; to say as little as possible while knowing perfectly well what is wrong, to be worldly wise and play safe and seek only to avoid blame

A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.

Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.

Cowardice is the greatest sin.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all

Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice

Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.

I have the backbone of an eel.

I saw a complete lack of courage in Washington to tackle some of our biggest challenges.

On Capitol Hill we like to make tough speeches. We don’t like to make tough choices.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.

A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.

Sadly, far too many politicians in Washington lack the courage to do something to fix our problems. They are worried about the political implications of making the hard choices we so desperately need to cut spending and shrink government.

A woman cannot live in the light of intellect. Society forbids it. Those conventional frivolities, which are called her 'duties', forbid it. Her 'domestic duties', high-sounding words, which, for the most part, are but bad habits (which she has not the courage to enfranchise herself from, the strength to break through), forbid it.

The majority represent a mass of cowards, willing to accept him who mirror its own soul and mind poverty.

The Jews could be put down very plausibly as the most unpleasant race ever heard of. As commonly encountered they lack any of the qualities that mark the civilized man: courage, dignity, incorruptibility, ease, confidence. They have vanity without pride, voluptuousness without taste, and learning without wisdom. Their fortitude, such as it is, is wasted upon puerile objects, and their charity is mainly a form of display.

The internet is the realm of the coward. These are all people who are all sound and no fury.

Goldstein, you'd be a pretty good boy if you wasn't so chicken.

Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice.

Fear reveals baseborn souls!

Looking back at my career, I wish I knew then what I know now... that gender bias is built into the system, and it's unconscious in many ways. I wish I had the maturity and courage to have pushed back more. I was always trying to be a 'good girl' and play by the rules.

Cowardice was undoubtedly one of the most terrible vices - thus spoke Yeshua Ha-Nozri. 'No, philosopher, I disagree with you: it is the most terrible vice!