Timid Quotes
238 quotes by 201 authors
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.
— Don Drysdale
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Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage.
— Ming-Dao Deng
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Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know the government is no longer the servant of the people but, at last…
— Gerry Spence
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When luck is on your side it is not the time to be modest or timid. It is the time to go for the biggest…
— Donald Trump
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The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in…
— Robert Kennedy
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That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the…
— Learned Hand
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The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. all influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to…
— Carl von Clausewitz
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Timid salesmen have skinny kids.
— Zig Ziglar
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It's human nature to be timid in the face of obstacles, but I have learned to believe that challenges are opportunities for genius to shine.…
— Dominique Moceanu
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...the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation's destiny,…
— B. C. Forbes
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Only the brave and adventuresome find God, never the timid.
— Harold Klemp
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A timid question will always receive a confident answer.
— Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling
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All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those…
— George S. Patton
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It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.
— Brenda Ueland
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So long as there is any subject which men may not freely discuss, they are timid upon all subjects.
— John Jay Chapman
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That prayer has great power which a person makes with all his might. It makes a sour heart sweet, a sad heart merry, a poor…
— Mechthild of Magdeburg
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To be proud and inaccessible is to be timid and weak.
— Jean Baptiste Massillon
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Without doubt, ferocious and disordered men are much weaker than timid and ordered ones. For order chases fear from men and disorder lessens ferocity.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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From a timid shy girl I had become a woman of resolute character, who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles.
— Anna Dostoyevskaya
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