#timidity

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#day #deal #effort #every #every day

Sometimes following the path that looked the safest was what led to the most hurt... ↗

— Sarah Pekkanen

#timidity #inspirational

What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail? ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#timidity #confidence

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#blending #courage #moral #moral courage #physical

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

— Victor Hugo

#first #girl #love #man #symptom

The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#inaction #just-do-it #timidity #wisdom #wisdom

In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow. ↗

— Gwen John

#anybody #distort #i #i am #know

Whatever actions you take, keep in mind that over the course of life, you will fail far more from timidity, procrastination, and carefulness than you will from just stepping up to the plate and, as we say in Australia, giving it a bloody go! ↗

— Margie Warrell

#courage #failure #fear #procrastination #timidity

We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#bully #coward #oppression #timidity #life

Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#councils #timidity #war