#timid

For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#any #been #cautious #century #character

Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#intimidation #katniss-everdeen #threat #sacrifice

...words are so strong and I am so timid - my soul ignores warnings and I end up covered with your paint ... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #poetry #shy #soul #timid

she walked rather quickly; she liked to be active, though at times she gave an impression of repose that was at once static and evocative. This was because she knew few words and believed in none, and in the world she was rather silent, contributing just her share of urbane humor with a precision that approached meagreness. But at the moment when strangers tended to grow uncomfortable in the presence of this economy she would seize the topic and rush off with it, feverishly surprised with herself--then bring it back and relinquish it abruptly, almost timidly, like an obedient retriever, having been adequate and something more. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#silence #silent #timid #words #humor

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

Great empires are not maintained by timidity. ↗

— Tacitus

#power #roman-empire #rome #timidity #roman

His resonating stare fluttered through my memory, and I shivered. I hadn’t seen kindness in his pupils. I only saw intensity, and, I hated to admit it, but he was beyond intimidating. He was overwhelming. (Jessica) ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#gaze #intensity #intimidating #love #overwhelming

The tragedy in the life of a timid man is not necessarily that he is timorous, but obviously there is something that dies in him while he still lives. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike You Are a Star

#life #timidity #inspirational

To the timid soul, nothing is possible. ↗

— John Bach

#possible #soul #timid

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

#hitter #out #pitcher #remind #timid