Bhagavad Gita 2.35

Great generals will think that you have fled from the battlefield out of cowardice; though once honored, you will seem despicable.

भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः।
येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम्॥

bhayādraṇāduparataṃ maṃsyante tvāṃ mahārathāḥ|
yeṣāṃ ca tvaṃ bahumato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam||

English translation (above): Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain. Sanskrit text via github.com/gita/gita (Unlicense).