Does anyone know the quote thats like "The most cowardly thing of all is to stand in the middle??"?

Question

I heard it in grade school, and I never found the actual quote, could you help me out please?

Answer 1

"Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside,"
-from "The Present Crisis", by James Russell Lowell

(I hope I have been able to reach into your secret thoughts and find the quote for you!)

Answer 2

here are some quotes about cowardice..

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Julius Caesar", Act 2 scene 2

Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right?
William Punshon

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)

I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.
August Strindberg (1849 - 1912)