Diffidence Quotes

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.
Jane Austen

Girl, Reason, Youth

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
Golda Meir

Short, Ability, Mark

I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I now value as serenity.
Ayelet Waldman

Serenity, Her, Married

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one!
Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Simple, Silence, Give

God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.
Alphonsus Liguori

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