"Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once" from Julius Caesar (II, ii, 32-37) Shakespeare

Cowards are not able to cope everyday problems or difficulties, they prefer to run away from them.   Cowards are afraid of all dangers, real or imaginary ones. In their mind they meet these many challenges and because of them fears, they die a death with each one that they conjure up. Even though they escape from their fears, they feel their mental death like a real death, every time.

The brave man knows the danger, he does not run away but he faces the situation with courage even though he knows he can die, but he dies just one time.