# Quote — George Bernard Shaw, John Bull's Other Island

> You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

- Author: [George Bernard Shaw](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw.md)
- Book: [John Bull's Other Island](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/john-bulls-other-island.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw#John_Bull's_Other_Island_(1907)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [fear](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/fear.md), [courage](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/courage.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/john-bulls-other-island/you-cannot-be-a-hero

## More from this book

> A healthy nation is as unconscious of its nationality as a healthy man of his bones. But if you break a nation's nationality it will think of nothing else but getting it set again.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/john-bulls-other-island/a-healthy-nation.md)

Topics: [homeland](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/homeland.md)

> My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/john-bulls-other-island/my-way-of-joking.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [truth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/truth.md)

> What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/john-bulls-other-island/what-really-flatters.md)

Topics: [pride](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/pride.md)