Seneca the Younger Quotes

A timid question will always receive a confident answer.

I don’t care how honest a man is. If he is timid, he is no good.

It is only through timidity that states are lost.

A woman is seldom merciful to the man who is timid.

Often we are firm from weakness, and audacious from timidity.

Nothing important was ever accomplished without chutzpah. Columbus had chutzpah. The signers of the Declaration of Independence had chutzpah. Don't ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don't doubt yourself.

Nobody scares me.

And if you think that anybody is going to frighten me, you don't know me yet.

There is nothing in this world that I fear to say.

Everyone is different, but I'm not standoffish at all. I'm not one of those people who prefer to write a note. I'll walk right up to you and ask you out! Even if the answer's no, I'm totally cool with it.

There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.

I'm not scared of anybody.

When I'm playing timid and afraid to make a mistake, then I'm not going to play well.

I've never been intimidated by anyone.

I am scared of nobody.

I am an outspoken girl.

I'm not afraid of anybody.

I'm not afraid of being told 'no.'

I don't fear anyone.

I'm not scared of any man.

So I don't really suffer too badly from fears - I'm quite happy to engender them in other people though!

If you're going to take gambles, you must have one thing: self-confidence.

Nice guys do not finish last. Last place is for the cowards and those too full of fear to take action.

There's boldness in being assertive; there's strength and confidence.

I have the belief in boldness. What I generally lack is the boldness itself. Because boldness doesn't feel bold. It feels scared not brave.