George Bernard Shaw Quotes

For all men would be cowards if they durst.

It is only in his head that man is heroic; in the pit of his stomach he is always a coward.

I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow.

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

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.

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

I've always been curious about why one man jumps out of a foxhole with a grenade and charges a machine gun nest, and his buddy next to him sits there cowering. And my feeling is that the difference is tiny between the two.

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

You may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, or the most audacious soldier. Put them at a table together—what do you get? The sum of their fears.

A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

The human race is a race of cowards. I am not only marching with them but am carrying the banner.

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.

If we were bees, ants, or Lacedaemonian warriors, to whom personal fear does not exist and cowardice is the most shameful thing in the world, warring would go on forever. But luckily we are only men -- and cowards.

Even the biggest heroes turn into cowards when they get tired.

Nice guys do not finish last. Last place is for the cowards and those too full of fear to take action.

No hero is above fear.

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

What I admire most are people who put themselves directly on the line.

I'm a hero wid coward's legs, I'm a hero from the waist up.

Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.

The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on.

No human is completely fearless.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.