Quotes with timid

  • If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room full of people, I would say to myself, 'You're the cleverest member of one of the cleverest families in the cleverest class of the cleverest nation... why should you be frightened?

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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Jean Paul A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Henry David Thoreau 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 a timid one would not be entertained by, which even make us dangerous to existing institution - such call I good books.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Sydney Justin Harris A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive
    Sydney Justin Harris
    American journalist (1917 - 1986)
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    American president (1890 - 1969)
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  • Beatrice Webb If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room full of people, I would say to myself, 'You're the cleverest member of one of the cleverest families in the cleverest class of the cleverest nation... why should you be frightened?
    Beatrice Webb
    English sociologist and economist (1858 - 1943)
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  • Brenda Ueland It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.
    Brenda Ueland
    American journalist, editor, and teacher
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  • William Somerset Maugham It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humor.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Sallust Necessity makes even the timid brave.
    Sallust
    Roman historian (86 - 34)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson The bold may not live long, but the timid never live at all.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Tacitus The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
    Tacitus
    Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
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  • Jim Rohn The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Jean Paul The timid are afraid before the danger, the cowardly while in danger, and the courageous after danger.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Publilius Syrus The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Sir Walter Scott To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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