Salman Rushdie Quotes

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

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.

There are times when it is more courageous to be cowardly.

Dad had a huge influence on me. I really look up to him for his brave acts. He was an outspoken man. For him, if it was the right thing, he would stand up for the smallest guy around him.

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.

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

Cowards can never be moral.

There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.

Cowards, I believe, are people who are afraid to embrace what they want or need in a natural, honest way.

A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women

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

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.

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

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to go that extra mile.

Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit.

I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.