“It’s not that I’m so smart,” said Einstein, who was a consummate introvert. “It’s that I stay with problems longer.” — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“If I don't talk about it, it's either very displeasing or very precious to me.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
I am more of an introvert person who is a little shy to get into random chat. I would rather observe people… — Daisy Shah Copy Share Image
And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Being an introvert is not an excuse for making no effort to treat people like real human beings, however.” — Camille Fournier Copy Share Image
It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry. It's amazing how many people go into the ministry who don't really like… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Finally, although extraverts certainly have more worldly wisdom and a better sense of expediency, introverts have a corresponding advantage in unworldly wisdom.… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
“The final fact being that at the very bottom of his soul he was an outsider, and anti-social, and he accepted the… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for a center. So we… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“I thought how true it was that the world was a delightful place if it were not for the people, and how… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
“She might be a little introverted, livelier of movement than of conversation, neither bashful nor forward, with a soul that seemed submerged,… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I'm really an inner spirit that only makes itself known through the music. A lot of people think I'm an introvert, or… — Faith Evans Copy Share Image
Just because you dont say much doesnt mean people dont notice you. Its actually the quiet ones who often draw the most… — Karim Seddiki Copy Share Image
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Introverts are generally more sensitive to low-intensity stimuli - they are mentally alerted to inputs that extroverts may miss. — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be… — Enya Copy Share Image
“An introvert talks more than an extrovert because when the mouth is closed, the mind is opened.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“The ones who stay unnoticed often see the most. They live out other people's lives, since their own are so unremarkable...” — Setona Mizushiro Copy Share Image
I'm quite shy, so if there's a guy I like, I actually ignore him because I can't speak to him. I get… — Silvia Colloca Copy Share Image
“Was I hiding from reality, on the outside looking in? Or, was I living my reality, on the outside looking out?” — Heather Durham Copy Share Image
A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“And when I'm lonely, with everyone around I go to my happy place where I'm alone” — Talia Basma Copy Share Image
I don't have time for superficial friends. I suppose if you're really lonely you can call a superficial friend, but otherwise, what's… — Courteney Cox Copy Share Image
“The world’s refusal to leave me out of its activities made me consider its destruction. Bring on the wave. Please, the asteroid.” — Adam Nevill Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a pure extrovert or a pure introvert. Such a man would be in the lunatic asylum. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
IM sHy-iM qUiEt ..An AnGeL iN dIsGuIsE.. iM LoUd-Im CrAzY ..a TrU dEvIL iNsIdE.. — Matthew Copy Share Image
“We are troubled by having two selves, the inner and the outer. The outer one is rather dull and lets great things… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
I am a mild introvert. But I have learned to be a very successful extrovert because if you want impact, you have… — Patrick Pichette Copy Share Image
I'm an introvert somewhat. There could be a room full of people, I'll go stand in the corner. — Kevin Gates Copy Share Image
I tend to be more of an introvert when I'm traveling. I do a lot of people-watching and espresso-drinking. — Antoni Porowski Copy Share Image
The weird thing about me is that I'm naturally an introvert, so I don't talk to people. — Eli Drake Copy Share Image
I have this personality, where I'm a natural introvert in my personal life, but when you give me a camera and microphone,… — Eli Drake Copy Share Image
“The most effective teams are composed of a healthy mix of introverts and extroverts, studies show, and so are many leadership structures.” — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Our culture is biased against quiet and reserved people, but introverts are responsible for some of humanity's greatest achievements. — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Being a writer is a very private, internal process. Ultimately I am more the writer, being an introvert. — Paula Cole Copy Share Image
I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
