Timidity Quotes

111 quotes by 96 authors

We are not cowed into timidity by death and life. Were we forced to rely on our own shabby resources we would be pitiful people… — Brennan Manning
An hour's terror is better than a lifetime of timidity. — Walter de La Mare
Great empires are not maintained by timidity. — Tacitus
The first symptom of true love in a man is timidity, in a young woman, boldness. This is surprising, and yet nothing is more simple.… — Victor Hugo
I did not understand that she was hiding her feelings under irony, that this is usually the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I feel sorry for the man who has never known the bracing thrill of taking a stand and sticking to it fearlessly. Moral courage has… — Billy Graham
Nonviolence means an ocean of compassion. It means shedding from us every trace of ill will for others. It does not mean abjectness or timidity,… — Mahatma Gandhi
Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can… — Ezra Taft Benson
The peculiarities of my childhood, of constantly moving through so many different cultures, of always being the outsider, may have made me extraordinarily self-sufficient, but… — Scott Anderson
Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure. — Robert Dallek
Whatever one wants to say about the conduct of the Iraq War, going to war to remove Saddam Hussein in 2003 was a necessary act.… — Arthur L. Herman
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. — Thomas Hardy
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets… — Oscar Wilde
Never mistake meekness for timidity. Meekness can surprise an evil attack with a deadly shock. — Terry Mark
If you want to grind for success and in order to succeed - your compulsion to succeed should surpass your fear to fail. Fear is… — Nkululeko Goqo
It hurts when you keep on pretending you do not care for someone you truly love just to hide your real feelings for him/her because… — Nella Autnap
The quiet people are the ones who need the most help. — Jasmine Laura
Have courage and wisdom to change the things for betterment, never shy away from your inner inherited power. — Anil Sinha
If you admit your mistake, it is not sign of weakness, it reflect your inner strength. If you shy away from weakness you are doomed… — Anil Sinha

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