Nothing is worse than the coarseness and meanness we…

“Bear in mind that humility is not timidity.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes to enemies.…

— Daniel Kahneman

Presumption will be easily corrected; but timidity is a disease of the mind more obstinate and fatal.

— Samuel Johnson

Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by concentrated application…

— Man Ray

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never…

— Oscar Wilde

I know, that since life is our most precious gift, and as far as we can be absolutely certain, it's given to us to…

— Maya Angelou

Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure.

— Robert Dallek

One with more of soul in his face than words on his tongue.

— William Wordsworth

“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Every isolated passion, is, in isolation, insane; sanity may be defined as synthesis of insanities. Every dominant passion generates a dominant fear, the fear…

— Bertrand Russell

Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?

— Honore de Balzac

I do not regret the folly of my youth, but the timidity.

— Mason Cooley

“Whatever actions you take, keep in mind that over the course of life, you will fail far more from timidity, procrastination, and carefulness than…

— Margie Warrell

Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Let's start with some of the reasons that the press holds its tongue and some of the things that you don't know because of…

— Geneva Overholser