Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.

May the Lord ordain that your son becomes a man, and never a coward!

Because no man wants to be a coward in front of a cheese.

Cowardice is no virtue.

...Really, there is no greater sin than cowardice; cowards are never saved - that is sure. I can stand everything else but not that.

I hate cowardice; I will have nothing to do with cowards or political nonsense.

By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Of all faults the one she most despised in others was the want of bravery; the meanness of heart which leads to untruth.

Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards.

A fortress is of no use to cowards.

If you don't have courage, you can't practice any of the other virtues.

I understood about fear. And I knew better than anyone in that room what Mouse was capable of. But still I had been raised in a place where to show your fear was worse than cowardice. It was suicide, a sin.

The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all or there is no danger.

We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.

I'd never allow myself to let myself call myself a coward.

Esk felt that bravery was called for, but on a night like this bravery lasted only as long as a candle stayed alight.

Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous.

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.

Cowards can never be moral.

Courage can be just as infectious as fear.

You always know the mark of a coward. A coward hides behind freedom. A brave person stands in front of freedom and defends it for others.