Bashfulness Quotes
Bashfulness Quote of the day
Modesty is the graceful, calm virtue of maturity; bashfulness the charm of vivacious youth.
I am not likely to die of bashfulness but neither am I prepared to be crucified to attest the perfection of my art. I dislike to hear of any stray heroics on the prowl for me.
Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my nature, not for any crime.
In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.
Bashfulness may sometimes exclude pleasure, but seldom opens any avenue to sorrow or remorse.
When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers.
Mere bashfulness without merit is awkward; and merit without modesty, insolent. But modest merit has a double claim to acceptance, and generally meets with as many patrons as beholders.
Bashfulness is more frequently connected with good sense than we find assurance; and impudence, on the other hand, is often the mere effect of downright stupidity.
