Daniel Handler Quotes

Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.

Cowardice is the greatest sin.

I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

I believe that courage is morally neutral. I can well imagine wicked people being brave and good people being timid or afraid. I don't consider it a moral virtue.

Why is it that, among men, physical courage is a trait so plenteous yet moral courage is a trait so rare?

you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

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.

Cowards can never be moral.

Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.

I was struck by the joy of those pilots in committing coldblooded murder . . . Frankly, this is not cojones. This is cowardice.

Courage combined with integrity is the foundation of character.

Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity.

He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done this he would not have been Socrates. He valued his conscience--and the truth-- higher than life.

Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made a man feel better about himself.

Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it.

Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together.

It must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid or merely because he lacks the instruments of violence, he is not truly nonviolent. This is why Gandhi often said that if cowardice is the only alternative to violence, it is better to fight.

Can you do that?” Thomas asked. “Huh?” “Kill someone three times.” “I’d figure out a way.

Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword

Optimism is the true moral courage

Man can have strength of character only as he is capable of controlling his faculties; of choosing a rational end; and, in its pursuit, of holding fast to his integrity against al! the might of external nature.

Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.

Cowardice is incompatible with divine wisdom.