“Put 'em up, put 'em up! I'll fight you with one paw tied behind my back. I'll fight you standing on one foot. I'll fight you with my eyes closed.”— Bert Lahr
“Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honour's field, Still on their dinner turn.”— Philip Massinger
“It will never be known what acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of not looking sufficiently progressive.”— Charles Péguy
“For this reason, the man who is cowardly and lazy in his soul is mocked by everyone, and there is no one who would not say that it is better to be a woman than such a man.”— Christine de Pizan
“You are a coward when you even let yourself think about getting rid of a problem by getting rid of a person.”— John D. MacDonald