Timid Quotes

238 quotes by 201 authors

Chess is not for the timid. — Irving Chernev
A nation will not be moved by timid methods. — Luis Palau
Am I Getting Lazy? Am I Too Busy? Am I Becoming Arrogant? Am I Getting Timid? If you answer 'yes' to any one of these… — Roger von Oech
Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow,… — Jean de la Bruyere
Reagan believed the power of truth restated the world and re framed the world. I am a Reaganite. I'm proud to be a Reaganite. I… — Newt Gingrich
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone. — Tacitus
Lay down true principles and adhere to them inflexibly. Do not be frightened into their surrender by the alarms of the timid, or the croakings… — Thomas Jefferson
The bold may not live long, but the timid never live at all. — Robert Louis Stevenson
You know, I don't talk about the characters that I play. Years ago, I was a little timid about it and I kind of squirmed… — Christoph Waltz
Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend. — Helen Keller
Necessity makes even the timid brave. — Sallust
The parties of Whig and Tory are those of nature. They exist in all countries, whether called by these names or by those of Aristocrats… — Thomas Jefferson
As far as we can look back into history, the downfall of any nation can be traced from the moment that nation became timid about… — Frederick Russell Burnham
It is the individual's task to differentiate himself from all the others and stand on his own feet. All collective identities . . . interfere… — Carl Jung
A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous. — Mary Wollstonecraft
Children of course are monstrously conventional, repelled at once by whatever is off-center, out of whack, unmanageable. And being an only child I had been… — Alice Munro
When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to. — Carlos Castaneda
If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better… — Robert Greene
Few are born bold. Even Napoleon had to cultivate the habit on the battlefield, where he knew it was a matter of life and death.… — Robert Greene
This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. it certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young. I… — Rachel Naomi Remen

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