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Feeble and timid minds ... consider the use of dilatory and ambiguous measures as the most admirable efforts of consummate prudence. — Edward Gibbon

Do you think anger is a sincere emotion or the timid motion of a fragile heart trying to beat away its pain? — Andrea Gibson

I was a timid little guy when I was a kid. I used humor as a defense; I became the class clown. But deep inside, I felt real vulnerable. — Mike Huckabee

Sauvage, sad, silent,
as timid as the sylvan doe,
in her own family
she seemed a strangeling. — Alexander Pushkin

Bfore Venus, censorious; before Mars, timid. — Michael Walzer

Even when we want to be timid and play it safe, we should pause for a moment to imagine what we might be missing. — Paul Arden

Chess is not for timid souls. — Wilhelm Steinitz

I met you, you were timid and frightened of everything and everyone. You made the proverbial church mouse look like a happy hooker. — Anonymous

Suicides are timid murderers. Masochism instead of Sadism. — Cesare Pavese

Davis was weak and vascillating, timid, petulant, peevish, obstinate, but not firm. — Alexander H. Stephens

With timid curiosity, I asked, what do you mean the old bodies get reused? — Andrew Cormier

Dirty talk? From nervous, timid Ethan Teller? Hallelujah and praise the Gods of Gay. — Rosie Aikman

Words are so strong and I am so timid - my soul ignores warnings and I end up covered with your paint ... — John Geddes

Our State Department is often wrong and timid. — Dana Rohrabacher

The beings who appear cold, but are only timid, adore where they dare to love. — Sophie Swetchine

A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound. — George Gordon Byron

I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love. — Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

Californians tend to be outspoken. When the great migration began, the more timid people must have stayed home, and the bolder ones headed west. — Shana Alexander

At the first rumors of war, timid investors in various government stock, being panic-stricken, sell out, to their loss and the gamblers' gain. — Randal Cremer

Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license. — Jean Racine

Necessity makes even the timid brave. — Sallust

A Timid Trapeze Artist Is a Dead Trapeze Artist — Seth Godin

She - come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself - real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and - fluttery. — Susan Glaspell

Her words echoed in his head and a faint hope kindled and grew into a timid blaze. Whosoever. Anyone can be forgiven by God. — Victoria Lynn

Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant. — Zig Ziglar

Freedom is not for the timid. — Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so. — Walter Scott

No one ever made a million bucks by being cautious or timid or reasonable. — Eli Broad

They are like men: if bold, the better of scolding; if timid, the better of praise and flattery. — Lew Wallace

Only those who play win. Only those who risk win. History favors risk-takers. Forgets the timid. Everything else is commentary. — Iveta Cherneva

The bold may not live long, but the timid never live at all. — Robert Louis Stevenson

You trace a finger over my scar and uncloak me like a timid star ... — John Geddes

Timid Katy no more.. I'd moved onto good ole B&E. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Timid salesmen have skinny kids. — Zig Ziglar

Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed. — Whitney M. Young

Timid or arrogant, Charming or infuriating, and Catherine was falling, falling, falling. — Marissa Meyer

I didn't get where I am today by being timid, young man. — Evan Parker

Riches are shy and timid. They have to be attracted. — Napoleon Hill

There is no greater mistake than to suppose that platitudes, smooth words, and timid policies offer a path to safety. — Winston Churchill

Death is frequently the reward for the reckless and the timid alike, — Dean Koontz

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 wrath has passed. — Eric Hoffer

When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to. — Carlos Castaneda

A sick room is at times too sacred a place for a friend's knock, timid as that is. — Emily Dickinson

A timid question will always receive a confident answer. — Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling

The timid man yearns for full value and asks for a tenth. The bold man strikes for double value and compromises on par. — Mark Twain

In choosing a hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid. I clearly would have been burned at the stake in another age. — Thomas Gold

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty. — Thomas Jefferson

Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite. — Quintus Curtius Rufus

Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences. — Jawaharlal Nehru

If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible. — Honore De Balzac

Ghetto Fiction with a twist take a peak it's the shit. Not for the timid or the meek don't be scared take a peek... — Cynthia Rubio

A woman is seldom merciful to the man who is timid. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It's only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful. — Orson Welles

The Snow-drop, Winter's timid child,
Awakes to life, bedew'd with tears. — Mary Robinson

For the first 10 years of my life in Congress, I had been too timid to tell the truth as I saw it. In a way I had betrayed my trust. — Emanuel Celler

I'm less genial than people think, but I'm too timid to seem nasty. — Alan Bennett

I'm timid, apparently I look like hell and have as many issues as People magazine — Maya Banks

I'm a girly girl. I'm strong, but I'm very timid. Very dainty. — Lil' Kim

Greedy can be bought, timid can be frightened, smart can be persuaded, but the zealots are immune to money, fear, or reason — Ilona Andrews

Rumor starts as a timid thing, But soon it covers the earth, and its voices ring, While its feet walk the ground and its head is above the clouds. — Virgil

Art's greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature. — Honore De Balzac

The inscrutable laws of sex have so arranged that even a timid woman is not afraid of a fierce and haughty man. — Bram Stoker

Safe? Her voice was small, timid and delicate. But beautiful. The one word chimed like little bells. Her first word spoken to me. — Patricia Lynne

Property is in its nature timid and seeks protection, and nothing is more gratifying to government than to become a protector. — John C. Calhoun

Those accustomed to failure fear the novelty of success. Those taught the lessons of subordination are oft timid in the school of self-service. — M T Anderson

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

His voice leads us not into timid discipleship but into bold witness. — Charles Stanley

It was the perfect time and place for an inherently timid person like him to express his
inner pervert by peeing in public. — Ryu Murakami

The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver. — Kiran Desai

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

The only selfish life is a timid one. — Jeanette Winterson

It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid.

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The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid. — Don Drysdale

I'm angry as hell. I'm angry for all the people who should be angry but aren't, either because they're too stupid or too timid. — Jarod Kintz

Doubt and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend. — Helen Keller

The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude. — John Lothrop Motley

That is how I think of peace
and peace of mind - as timid birds
that we have to search for,
not bold ones that come
looking for us. — Margarita Engle

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat — Theodore Roosevelt

Strength of numbers is the delight of the timid. The Valiant in spirit glory in fighting alone. — Mahatma Gandhi

Philosophy is by the timid for the timid. — Christina Stead

I begin to think that none are so bold as the timid, when they are fairly roused. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

To country people Cows are mild, And flee from any stick they throw; But I'm a timid town bred child, And all the cattle seem to know. — T. S. Eliot

Only the brave and adventuresome find God, never the timid. — Harold Klemp

The fight of satyagraha is for the strong in spirit, not the doubter or the timid. Satyagraha teaches us the art of living as well as dying. — Mahatma Gandhi

A nation will not be moved by timid methods. — Luis Palau

O timid one, awaken, exert yourself, draw back the curtains your training and background have hung over the windows of your soul. — Spencer W. Kimball

The genius of Coleridge is like a sunken treasure ship, and Coleridge a diver too timid and lazy to bring its riches to the surface. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I do like a healthy dose of adrenalin, but my character is more rounded. I am not timid; I like excitement. — John Caudwell

We must not be timid from a fear of committing faults: the greatest fault of all is to deprive oneself of experience. — Luc De Clapiers

Every so often, I am thanked for being 'unapologetically me.' I treasure those moments, those people, and remember them every time I'm feeling timid. — Alethea Kontis

You can't write novels about people who are timid, risk-averse and passive. Or you can, but they're called literary novels. — Ken Follett

The title derived from the fact that all the words between timid and Timbuktu in very small dictionaries relate to time. — Kurt Vonnegut

Happiness hates the timid! So does science! — Eugene O'Neill

So long as there is any subject which men may not freely discuss, they are timid upon all subjects. — John Jay Chapman

Everyone's so timid and afraid to insult anybody, but in the end, it's like we're all trying to please everyone. In the end, we please no one. — Olivia Munn

Humility is not a weak and timid quality; it must be carefully distinguished from a groveling spirit. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

For the spirit God gives us does not make us timid, but gives us power love and self discipline. — Anonymous

Tai Chi Chuan, the great ultimate, strengthens the weak, raises the sick, invigorates the debilitated, and encourages the timid — Cheng Man-ch'ing

Mr. Snagsby, as a timid man, is accustomed to cough with a variety of expressions, and so to save words. — Charles Dickens

We dwell amid pinheaded weasels who know only timid, the generic and the abacus. — Danny Baker