I'm always shy and timid when I write in front of people.
Even when we want to be timid and play it safe, we should pause for a moment to imagine what we might be missing.
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve.
As many people die from an excess of timidity as from bravery.
Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint or sage.
Why having been endowed with the courageous heart of a lion, do we live as mice?
I believe that obstinacy, or the dread of control and discipline, arises not so much from self-willedness as from a conscious defect of voluntary power; as foolhardiness is not seldom the disguise of conscious timidity.
So long as there is any subject which men may not freely discuss, they are timid upon all subjects.
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
I was very shy and very reserved as a child, very, very introvert.
When I was very young I was very shy but at the same time I was very open cause I was very curious so I wanted to try many things.
A shy face is better than a forward heart.
Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.
I'm shy, although I'm not shy with my friends and family.
Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
I was shy as a child. Now I'm not really shy any more, unless I'm with shy people. I find it contagious and I don't know what to say. But I don't think shyness is something one should feel apologetic about.
Girls in Asia are very obedient, shy, timid, quiet, but I can tell that it's changing, and I want them to be stronger and tell them that it's OK to be different.
Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
Cowardly dogs bark loudest.
It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.
