Fortune favors the bold,
but abandons the timid.
?Latin Proverb
We fail far more often by timidity
than by over-daring.
?David Grayson
A timid person is frightened before
danger, a coward during the time,
and a courageous person afterwards.
?Jean Paul Richter
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism
to the boisterous sea of liberty.
?Thomas Jefferson
The wallet of the timid man neither
increases nor decreases.
?Maltese Proverb
Do not be too timid or squeamish about
your actions. All life is an experiment.
?Ralph Waldo Emerson
The brave and bold persist even
against fortune; the timid and
cowardly rush to
despair though fear alone.
?Publius Cornelius Tacitus
