Timidity Quotes

111 quotes by 96 authors

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? — Vincent Van Gogh
I have arrived at the conviction that the neglect by economists to discuss seriously what is really the crucial problem of our time is due… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness. — Victor Hugo
People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes to enemies. They… — Daniel Kahneman
Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger. — Jean Paul
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. — Theodore Roosevelt
The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. — Theodore Roosevelt
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose… — Sydney Smith
On the environment and climate change, I suspect that future generations will think there was too much timidity, too much fear of upsetting business. Basically,… — Geoff Mulgan
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight… — Maya Angelou
Every isolated passion, is, in isolation, insane; sanity may be defined as synthesis of insanities. Every dominant passion generates a dominant fear, the fear of… — Bertrand Russell
This world demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of… — Robert Kennedy
Taking no chances means wasting your dreams.. — Ellen Hopkins
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail? — Eleanor Roosevelt
Most timidities have such secret compensations and Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer… — Edith Wharton
one who makes no mistakes makes nothing — Giacomo Casanova
The true source of our sufferings has been our timidity. — John Adams
If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained. — Neil Gaiman

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