Timidity Quotes

• The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Love
  • Young
  • For Him

• Timidity does not inspire bold acts.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Inspire
  • Bold
  • Timidity

• Great empires are not maintained by timidity.

  

  Tacitus
  • Maintained
  • Timidity
  • Great Empire

• An hour's terror is better than a lifetime of timidity.

  

  Walter de La Mare
  • Hours
  • Lifetime
  • Terror

• Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism.

  

  Jack Kemp
  • War
  • Breed
  • Timidity

• Like timidity, bravery is also contagious.

  

  Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava
  • Bravery
  • Contagious
  • Timidity

• An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity.

  

  Honore de Balzac
  • Women
  • Courage
  • Timidity

• He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Refusal
  • Timidity

• One with more of soul in his face than words on his tongue.

  

  William Wordsworth
  • Soul
  • Faces
  • Tongue