Timidity Quotes

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What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity… — Maya Angelou
Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven… — Maya Angelou
Humility is a virtue; timidity is an illness. — Jim Rohn
He [the golfer] must have the courage to keep trying in the face of ill luck or disappointment, and timidity to appreciate and appraise the… — Bobby Jones
Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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
Like timidity, bravery is also contagious. — Munshi Premchand
This is why rational people - anti-religionists - must end their timidity and come out of their closet and assert themselves. — Bill Maher
The fear of meeting the opposition of envy, or the illiberality of ignorance is, no doubt, the frequent cause of preventing many ingenious men from… — Robert Fulton
Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by concentrated application has… — Man Ray
Hiding order beneath the cloak of disorder is simply a question of subdivision; concealing courage under a show of timidity presupposes a fund of latent… — Sun Tzu
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man… — Samuel Ullman
Don't hedge your prose with little timidities. Good writing is lean and confident. . . . Every little qualifier whittles away some fraction of the… — William Zinsser
The insistence on complete certainty about the full details of global warming-the most serious threat we have ever faced-is actually an effort to avoid facing… — Al Gore
We have conferred a mystic popularity upon officials whose only virtue is their timidity; while our scorn of rebels and reformers is so great that… — Will Durant
The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is a very alarming place.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
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
Think of it this way: There are two kinds of failure. The first comes from never trying out your ideas because you are afraid, or… — Robert Greene
We're the most captive nation of slaves that ever came along. The moral timidity of the average American is quite noticeable. Everybody's afraid to be… — Gore Vidal
Children are taught to fear and obey; the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are also encouraged to… — Luc de Clapiers

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