The timid man yearns for full value and demands a tenth…

“The timid man yearns for full value and asks for a tenth. The bold man strikes for double value and compromises on par.”

— Mark Twain

The tragedy in the life of a timid man is not necessarily that he is timorous, but obviously there is something that dies in…

— Anonymous

The ragamuffin who sees his life as a voyage of discovery and runs the risk of failure has a better feel for faithfulness than…

— Brennan Manning

The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

— Publilius Syrus

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

— Jonathan Swift

It is the bold man who every time does best, at home or abroad.

— Homer

I'm a bold man. I throw caution to the wind.

— Seth Meyers

A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls…

— Andrew Carnegie

“He is a bold man who, in his writing, dares to alter---even further to distort---what he has seen and heard.”

— James Joyce

And if these be unprincipled agents who scruple at nothing, he will be a bold man who will deny that there are always to…

— George Combe

Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster.

— Shirley Chisholm

“But observe that [Peter] never ceases to be a bold man; he does not become nervous and diffident. No, he does not change in…

— David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

— Jonathan Swift

I want someone that'll love me unconditionally through the good and bad. No double standard. I want something real, just once.

— Anonymous

I think people are more likely to comment on a thin person's weight then the weight of an over weight person. Double standard?

— Anonymous