Scott Anderson

The peculiarities of my childhood, of constantly moving through so many different cultures, of always being the outsider, may have made me extraordinarily self-sufficient, but it had also bred a certain detachment, a sense that the world was a place to explore rather than truly inhabit. This manifested as a kind of shyness, even timidity.

American Journalist

Sam Shepard

It's very difficult to escape your background. You know, I don't think it's necessary to even try to escape it. More and more, I start to think that it's necessary to see exactly what it is that you inherited on both ends of the stick: your timidity, your courage, your self-deceit, and your honesty - and all the rest of it.

American Playwright

Maya Angelou

What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself - for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don't know what you're here to do, then just do some good.

American Poet

Geraldine McCaughrean

Most of my central characters lack confidence but overcome their timidity or low self-esteem to win through in the end, so I suppose there is a kind of wish-fulfillment at work.

British Novelist

Sydney Smith

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.

English Clergyman

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.

French Writer

Victor Hugo

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

French Author

Thomas Hardy

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

English Novelist

Jack Kemp

Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism.

American Politician

Munshi Premchand

Like timidity, bravery is also contagious.

Indian Writer

Timidity often implies a lack of courage or confidence in social contexts.

Negative Connotation

Use 'timidity' when describing behavior that someone might try to change or improve.

Overcoming Behavior

In some cultures, timidity can be viewed as a weakness or a character flaw.

Perceived Weakness

 What do you think the unexpected psychological carryovers might be? I mean, do you think we've kind of -- Part of me thinks that people have got more fragile, that it's almost like there's a sort of learned timidity. Have you seen any evidence of that or how would you characterize it?

Simon Sinek: How to...

 civilization is always built on excess and if the excess of imagination not timidity that builds civilization this is why I'm a publisher thank you