Timid Quotes

238 quotes by 196 authors

The Media: bold sex and violence, timid politics and morals. — Mason Cooley
A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. Curtius Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet — Quintus Curtius Rufus
The sickly, weakly, timid man fears the people, and is a Tory by nature. The healthy, strong and bold cherishes them, and is formed a… — Thomas Jefferson
It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and… — Alphonsus Liguori
Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man cannot read, and… — Henry David Thoreau
God doesnâ€™t want us to live timid, shy, weak, wimpy, fearful, boring lives. He wants us to be bold, con dent and courageous, unafraid to… — Joyce Meyer
Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill. — Maya Angelou
I saw that the State was half-witted, that it was timid as a lone woman with her silver spoons, and that it did not know… — Henry David Thoreau
There is no greater mistake than to suppose that platitudes, smooth words, and timid policies offer a path to safety. — Winston Churchill
OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object… — Ambrose Bierce
A French observer is surprised to hear how often an English or an American lawyer quotes the opinions of others, and how little he alludes… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Committees are, by nature, timid. They are based on the premise of safety in numbers; content to survive inconspicuously, rather than take risks and move… — Ferdinand Porsche
Allowing ourselves to become a nation of silent, secretive, timid citizens is likely to result in a system of democracy and justice that is neither… — Dahlia Lithwick
Habits and customs are a convenience devised for the support of timid natures who dare not allow their souls free play. — Virginia Woolf
It is pleasant to be transferred from an office where one is afraid of a sergeant-major into an office where one can intimidate generals, and… — E. M. Forster
That is how I think of peace and peace of mind-as timid birds that we have to search for, not bold ones that come looking… — Margarita Engle
I'm really a timid person - I was beaten up by Quakers — Woody Allen
The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver. — Kiran Desai
Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion.… — Robert Greene
People are timid and apologetic; they are no longer upright; they dare not say "I think," "I am," but quote some saint or sage. They… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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