A Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
English - Poet
March 6, 1806 - June 29, 1861

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

The Media: bold sex and violence, timid politics and morals.

Mason Cooley

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

Charles Stanley

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

I let myself go at the beginning and write with an easy mind, but by the time I get to the middle I begin to grow timid and to fear my story will be too long. . .That is why the beginning of my stories is always very promising and looks as though I were starting on a novel, and the middle is huddled and timid, and the end is...like fireworks.

Anton Chekhov

The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.

Tacitus

The bold may not live long, but the timid never live at all.

Robert Louis Stevenson

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

Jim Rohn

The best leaders don't set timid and selfish goals but instead set bold targets that may be harder to achieve.

Carles Puigdemont

The sickly, weakly, timid man fears the people, and is a Tory by nature. The healthy, strong and bold cherishes them, and is formed a Whig by nature.

Thomas Jefferson

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 made a fairly bold pledge that I wanted Virginia to be the energy capital of the East Coast.

Bob McDonnell

The timid man yearns for full value and demands a tenth. The bold man strikes for double value and compromises on par.

Mark Twain

I tell you it's no joke to paint a portrait. I wonder that I am not more timid when I begin. I feel almost certain that I can do it. It seems very simple. I don't think of the time that is sure to come when I almost despair, when the whole thing seems hopeless.

William Morris Hunt

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.