Timid Quotes

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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

(2004 quote) I once met Clint Eastwood, and it was remarkable. I studied him as I spoke to him. I looked down, and his pants were a little short -- they showed a bit too much of his socks. There was something so timid and shy and almost gawky about him in real life. I remember thinking to myself, Someone should have cast him in Meet John Doe, the Frank Capra movie, because that`s the real him. There`s not a wisp of aggression about him. That`s the real essence, not the guy who says, "Make my day."

- Dustin Hoffman

It`s definitely not a panic mode. It may seem like a panic mode, but it was only our second preseason game. If you start forcing things and pressing and trying too hard, more bad things are going to happen. I`m not going to go out there and be timid and not throw balls because I`m scared to throw interceptions because people will boo me. That`s not how I play my game.

- Kyle Boller

It`s definitely not a panic mode. It may seem like a panic mode, but it was only our second pre-season game. If you start forcing things and pressing and trying too hard, more bad things are going to happen. I`m not going to go out there and be timid and not throw balls because I`m scared to throw interceptions because people will boo me. That`s not how I play my game.

- Kyle Boller

(1999) After I made Cop Land (1997) in which I played a timid, overweight cop, all of Hollywood turned their back. I`m surprised they even gave me this table. I`m like driftwood in here.

- Sylvester Stallone

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

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

(One account, in J. Henry Cartland`s) Ten Years at Pemaquid, ... came over to this country with the view of settling here, but left his wife in the old country, until he could first make himself a little acquainted with the new country, and provide a suitable place for his family. Though he escaped from the wreck unhurt, his mind was deeply affected by his narrow escape, and he wrote to his wife such a doleful account of the storm and shipwreck that she never could be persuaded to undertake the voyage, even to join her husband. And he was too timid to risk himself again on the stormy Atlantic, they remained separated the rest of their lives.

- John Bailey

I really felt we had to get to the free-throw line by getting penetration inside, and in the first half I think we were too timid. We also needed to take care of the basketball. That`s an outstanding team over there, and you can`t win if you don`t take care of the basketball.

- Andy Johnson

I`ve always been timid. I wait for the mating signal, yet I want to show my interest, but I`m too goddamn bashful to go for it! I have no sympathy for wolves. Why can`t a man wait and see if there is any interest in them? Every woman wants to be pursued, it`s a courting dance, a mating game and it should be that way, played out. The world is full of creeps.

- Anton LaVey

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

- Charles Stanley

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.

- Kate Adie

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

- Abyee Maracigan

Our State Department is often wrong and timid.

- Alan Norquist

Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, and Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.

- Alex P. Schmid

Chess is not for timid souls.

- Andrew MacIntyre

It`s like I, Robot , when Will Smith had that iron on one side of his body. I know I`m protected, ... I`m not going out there timid. God forbid it to happen again, but if it does it`ll be when I`m running 110 miles an hour.

- Anselm Of Canterbury

These are not good times for political cartoonists. And I think this controversy makes it worse, because editors are timid and they see their cartoonists as bomb-throwers who need to be reined in.

- Anthony La Giglia

Happiness hates the timid! So does science!

- Eugene O'Neill

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

- Theodore Roosevelt

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win.

- Cesar Chavez

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.

- Jean Paul Richter

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

- Jean Paul Richter

"The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly. Miss Coca, on the other hand, is the timid woman who, when aroused, can beat a tiger to death with a feather." -- TV critic

- Imogene Coca