John Cornyn Quotes

I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.

To fight fear, act. To increase fear - wait, put off postpone.

There's always a reason not to do anything... to flee the need to make decisions.

Fear of decision-making is one thing I personally resist, and I'm trying to encourage others to resist as well.

Are you ready?" Klaus asked finally. "No," Sunny answered. "Me neither," Violet said, "but if we wait until we're ready we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives, Let's go.

But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.

The thing that cowardice fears most is decision

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

The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity.

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.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

Don't let fear govern your decision.

He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.

You won't take risk without courage.

Even in my bravest moment, I am a coward.

Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.

Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.

Sometimes, everything in the world seems to be lined up against you. All the evidence says you ought to run the other way. Make the bravest choice, not the safest. It's not the best advice, but it's all I have to offer

Cowardice in a race, as in an individual, is the unpardonable sin.

There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side : the fear of a defeat on the useful side.

If you forgo your plan, you also have to forgo fear.

Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.

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