Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
I am all for cracking down on inappropriate digital behaviour. Too often the connected world is an excuse for some coward hiding behind a keyboard to bully someone else.
All trembling, I reached the Falls of Niagara, and oh, what a scene! My blood shudders still, although I am not a coward, at the grandeur of the Creator's power; and I gazed motionless on this new display of the irresistible force of one of His elements.
A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
Since cowardice must occur at a time and place where an enemy either has already appeared or may yet turn up, servicemen in peacetime - and ordinary civilians - can breathe a sigh of relief. If you are yellow-bellied back home, you're not technically a coward.
Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.