Cowardice

Cowardice

Cowardice is a trait wherein fear and excess self-concern override what is socially-deemed as right and courageous action —it is the opposite of courage. As a label, "cowardice" indicates a perceived failure to demonstrate sufficient mental robustness and courage in the face of a challenge.

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Famous quotes containing the word cowardice:

    “It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.”
    —Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)

    “Men are often so foolish as to boast and value themselves upon their passions, even those that are most vicious. But envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that no one every ever had the confidence to own it.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)