Timid Quotes

238 quotes by 196 authors

We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When hopes and dreams are loose in the streets, it is well for the timid to lock doors, shutter windows and lie low until the… — Eric Hoffer
Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they… — Bertrand Russell
... it's possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps unable to believe… — Bernard Malamud
Property is in its nature timid and seeks protection, and nothing is more gratifying to government than to become a protector. — John C. Calhoun
For someone like myself in whom the ability to trust others is so cracked and broken that I am wretchedly timid and am forever trying… — Osamu Dazai
I was picked on because I was timid. I had younger sisters; I couldn't turn to them for help. I didn't have an older brother. — Mark E. Smith
If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room hill of people, I would say to myself, "You're the… — Beatrice Webb
I tell you it's no joke to paint a portrait. I wonder that I am not more timid when I begin. I feel almost certain… — William Morris Hunt
I'm always shy and timid when I write in front of people. — Colbie Caillat
No one ever made a million bucks by being cautious or timid or reasonable. — Eli Broad
The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly. It's a problem that we will not be… — Jimmy Carter
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness. — Jean Racine
Always presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do not let these calculations make your timid. — Frederick The Great
The most lasting reputation I have is for an almost ferocious aggressiveness, when in fact I am amiable, indulgent, affectionate, shy and rather timid at… — J. B. Priestley
Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls... — Mitt Romney
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences. — Jawaharlal Nehru
Happiness hates the timid. So does science. — Eugene O'Neill
We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who… — Theodore Roosevelt

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