| COWARDICE | 怯懦 |
| There are times when silence is golden, but there
are also time when it is just plain yellow. Dorothy Grover Bolton 有時沈默的確是金,有時卻只是怯懦而噤若寒蟬。 |
| A coward is one who in
perilous emergency thinks with his legs. Ambrose Bierce 懦夫是一個遇到危難時用腳思想的人。 |
| A dog barks when his master is attacked. I
would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent,
without giving any sound. John Calvin 一條狗在主人受攻擊時會大聲吠叫。而我如果看到上帝真理被攻擊,卻仍噤若寒蟬不出一聲,那就是懦夫。 |
| Some people deliberately
avoid anything that may lead them to the divine encounter. J. B. Phillips 許多人謹慎的避開那些會導致他們面對屬靈衝突的事情。 |
| I can't abide cowardice. I refuse to make my
God and Saviour a nonentity. C. T. Studd 我無法忍受怯懦。因為我拒絕讓我的上帝和救主變成可有可無。 |
| He is a base servant that is
ashamed of his lord's livery. George Swinnock 一位以穿著僕人制服為恥的人是一位卑鄙的僕人。 |
| Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare 懦夫在未死以前,就已經死了好多次;勇士一生只死一次。 |
| Cowards are cruel. William Shakespeare 懦夫不仁 |
| A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. Mahatma Gandhi 懦夫無法展現愛;這是勇敢者的特權。 |
| Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated. George Bernard Shaw 仇恨是懦夫因被恐嚇而採取的報復。 |
| There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice. Mark Twain 對抗誘惑有幾種好的保護方法,但最可靠的是怯懦。 |
| A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger. Euripides 懦夫轉身離開,但勇敢者的選擇是危險。 |
| None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. Ferdinand Foch 只有懦夫才敢吹噓自己從未知道恐懼。 |
| Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it. Albert Camus 缺乏勇氣的人總會找到一種哲學來為自己辯解。 |
| A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. Jean Paul Richter 膽小的人在危險前害怕,懦夫在危險中害怕,勇敢的人在危險後害怕。 |
| Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right? William Punshon 膽怯的人問:安全嗎?圓滑的人問:划算嗎?有良心的人問:對嗎? |
| In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong. Charles Dickens 總之,我太懦弱了,不敢去做我明知是對的事,正如我太懦弱,竟不敢不去做我明知是錯的事。 |
| Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice. Ayaan Hirsi Ali 對不寬容的寬容,就是怯懦。 |
| A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide. Mickey Mantle 團隊是男孩可以獨自證明自己勇氣的地方。幫派是懦夫藏身的地方。 |
| God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. Ralph Waldo Emerson 上帝不會讓懦夫彰顯祂的工作。 |
| A coward flees backward, away from new things. A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things. Jacques Maritain 懦夫向後逃,逃離新事物。勇者向前逃,逃進新事物之中。 |
| Do not lament the bitterness of life! — Lamentation is the mark of the weak. Maxim Gorky 不要哀嘆生活的苦澀!——哀嘆是弱者的標記。 |
| It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult. Seneca 並非因為事情艱難,我們才不敢;正是因為我們不敢,事情才顯得艱難。 |
| Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, but warriors wink at them. Matshona Dhliwayo 懦夫退縮於挑戰,弱者逃離挑戰,但戰士對挑戰眨眨眼。 |
| The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths. Matshona Dhliwayo 勇敢的人即使有所有弱點,也比懦夫即使有所有優點更好。 |
| Warriors suffer for their dreams. Cowards pay for their fears. Matshona Dhliwayo 戰士為夢想受苦。懦夫為恐懼付出代價。 |
| A brave man is the coward that dares to be brave. Tamerlan Kuzgov 勇敢的人是敢於勇敢的懦夫。 |
| Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice. George Jackson 耐心有其極限。太過分了,就是怯懦。 |