Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.

Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.

Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.

The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.

The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.

One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.

One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive.

Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive.

It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

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

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