A woman is seldom merciful to the man who is timid. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.” — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You make jokes because you're afraid to take anything seriously, because if you take things seriously, they matter. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Sometimes following the path that looked the safest was what led to the most hurt... — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
“Nothing is worse than the coarseness and meanness we perpetrate out of timidity.” — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of the Church is the timidity or rather the cowardice of the faithful. — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
“The source of our suffering has been our timidity. We have been afraid to think…Let us dare to read, think, speak, write.” — David McCullough Copy Share Image
An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
belated maternity has had its compensations; small children have a habit of conferring persistent youth upon their parents, and by their eager… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
You must forever have timidity distinguished from silence and use silence to reflect on your life, for timidity is a stumbling block… — Nkululeko Goqo Copy Share Image
“The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl it is boldness. The two sexes have a… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
This is why rational people - anti-religionists - must end their timidity and come out of their closet and assert themselves. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The most noticeable weakness of Congressmen is their timidity. They fear the use to be made of their "record." They are afraid… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Lust is the cause of generation Appetite is the support of life Fear or timidity is the prolongation of life, and Fraud… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism… — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
I am inclined to think from my own experience that the difficulty to eminence lies not in the road, but in the… — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
The insistence on complete certainty about the full details of global warming-the most serious threat we have ever faced-is actually an effort… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Mighty is the force of motherhood! It transforms all things by its vital heat; it turns timidity into fierce courage, and dreadless… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The fear of meeting the opposition of envy, or the illiberality of ignorance is, no doubt, the frequent cause of preventing many… — Robert Fulton Copy Share Image
“You had once asked me if I was afraid of death. I said I was afraid of not living. I don’t want… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Here there is no doubt that timidity and a total lack of personal initiative have always been regarded among us as the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
[The political mind] is a strange mixture of vanity and timidity, of an obsequious attitude at one time and a delusion of… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Children are taught to fear and obey; the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
What you do in a fight gym is learn how to be brave. You're learning how to punch and kick in a… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image