False Courage Quotes

You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

Often we are firm from weakness, and audacious from timidity.

Nothing is more dastardly than to act with bravado toward God.

The meaning of words had no longer the same relation to things... Reckless daring was held to be loyal courage; prudent delay was the excuse of a coward; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness; to know everything was to do nothing. Frantic energy was the true quality of man.

On social media, I can hide behind the computer or the iPhone. Internet courage.

Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to go in the dark, will sing for fear.

It's easy to be a tough guy when no one's going to come knocking on your door.

We are for ever trying to make our weakness look like strength, our sentiment like love, our cowardice like courage, and so on.

We often see malefactors, when they are led to execution, put on resolution and a contempt of death which, in truth, is nothing else but fearing to look it in the face--so that this pretended bravery may very truly be said to do the same good office to their mind that the blindfold does to their eyes.