Timidity is a disease of the mind, obstinate and fatal; for a man once persuaded that any impediment is insuperable has given… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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Wherever you find real love, you will also find humility. Remember something: humility is not a weak and timid quality. Too often… — Kathryn Kuhlman Copy Share Image
The doubts of love are never to be wholly overcome; they grow with its various anxieties, timidities, and tenderness, and are the… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
If you want to grind for success and in order to succeed - your compulsion to succeed should surpass your fear to… — Nkululeko Goqo Copy Share Image
In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like… — Gwen John 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
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I know, that since life is our most precious gift, and as far as we can be absolutely certain, it's given to… — Maya Angelou 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
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
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
Nation editor Katrina van den Heuvel told me that the failure to adequately cover the Downing Street Memo epitomizes the timidity, the… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
It has become a commonplace that aggressiveness also often has its roots in fear. I am inclined to think that this theory… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The Seven Deadly Sins of the Press: - Concentrated Power of the Big Press. - Passing of competition and the coming of… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
One of my favorite phobias is that girls, especially those whose tastes aren't routine, often don't get a fair break... It has… — Amelia Earhart Copy Share Image
The very best way in all the world to overcome self-consciousn ess and shyness is to get interested in other people and… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
The peculiarities of my childhood, of constantly moving through so many different cultures, of always being the outsider, may have made me… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
![“It has become a commonplace that aggressiveness also often has its roots in fear. I am inclined to think that this theory has been pushed too far. [...] The type of aggressiveness that is the outcome of timidity is not, I think, that which inspires great leaders; the great leaders, I should say…” quote by Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5f/bertrand-russell-69_aggressiveness_it-has-become-a-commonplace-that-aggress_2688068.jpg)
