Sometimes following the path that looked the safest was what led to the most hurt... — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
In our timidity and our shoddy opportunism we are always stirred when a man appears on the horizon willing to stake his… — Clyde S. Kilby Copy Share Image
“[...] follow freely the ideal you've set for yourself and which you must feel within you; be bold and confident in your… — Jean Jacques Eigeldinger Copy Share Image
Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Most timidities have such secret compensations and Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“An end to timidity - the replacement of the philologically tentative by the lexicographically decisive." - on the making of the Oxford… — Simon Winchester Copy Share Image
If you admit your mistake, it is not sign of weakness, it reflect your inner strength. If you shy away from weakness… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
Love is frightened at the intervals of insensibility and callousness that encroach by little and little on the domain of grief, and… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Life calls us forth to independence, and anyone who does not heed this call because of childish laziness or timidity is threatened… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
We have conferred a mystic popularity upon officials whose only virtue is their timidity; while our scorn of rebels and reformers is… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists… — Samuel Ullman Copy Share Image
“I'm convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. If one is writing for one's own pleasure, that fear… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Rational people, anti-religionists, must end their timidity and come out of the closet and assert themselves. And those who consider themselves only… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I have long dreaded the thought of getting to the end of life and regretting that I allowed my own timidity or… — Steve Saint Copy Share Image
I have arrived at the conviction that the neglect by economists to discuss seriously what is really the crucial problem of our… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Competitive sports keep alive in us a spirit and vitality. Sports teach the strong to know when they are weak and the… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Don't hedge your prose with little timidities. Good writing is lean and confident. . . . Every little qualifier whittles away some… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“Be bold and never feel shy to consult people. You may appear like a stupid person for few minutes if you ask… — Israelmore Ayivor 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
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
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
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
“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
Idleness and timidity often despair without being overcome, and forbear attempts for fear of being defeated; and we may promote the invigoration… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless.… — Ezra Taft Benson 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
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
Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I am not that expressive but I really do care and I just pretend everything is fine. Maybe someday, someone will see… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Timidity betrays want of powers, and audacity a want of skill. There are, indeed, two things, knowledge and opinion, of which the… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Only those who play win.Only those who risk win. History favors risk-takers. Forgets the timid. Everything else is commentary. — Iveta Cherneva Copy Share Image
It hurts when you keep on pretending you do not care for someone you truly love just to hide your real feelings… — Nella Autnap Copy Share Image
We're the most captive nation of slaves that ever came along. The moral timidity of the average American is quite noticeable. Everybody's… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“Whatever actions you take, keep in mind that over the course of life, you will fail far more from timidity, procrastination, and… — Margie Warrell Copy Share Image
Hiding order beneath the cloak of disorder is simply a question of subdivision; concealing courage under a show of timidity presupposes a… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
He [the golfer] must have the courage to keep trying in the face of ill luck or disappointment, and timidity to appreciate… — Bobby Jones Copy Share Image
Boldness in the course of a noble fight is worth the risk... If you stand on truth, you'll only regret your timidity… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've once been quiet and aloof, a loner who trusted no one. That time, I realized that I've grown timid with lot… — Vince Copy Share Image
Modesty is related to diffidence, diffidence is related to shyness, Shyness is a synonym for timidity, timidity is a characteristic of the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
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