“Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I do not say what I feel, and people often take that for shyness, even kindness. — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
“Alcohol is one of the quickest vehicles with which we escape shyness, our problems, and self-consciousness, for a few hours.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The Apostle Paul did what he had to do to spread the message of God. I realize that that is what I… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
They remember me as this shy girl sitting under the table. But they obviously didn't know what was going on in my… — Izabella Scorupco Copy Share Image
Sometime being shy is not really who you are ,it doesnt show you personality,so sometimes you just have to speak your mind,and… — IrisJC Copy Share Image
A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character deficiency, one… — Slash Copy Share Image
He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
“Your shyness alone will bring you more emotional and material losses than all of your other negative attributes.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
If you explore beneath shyness or party chit-chat, you can sometimes turn a dull exchange into an intriguing one. I've found this… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I am shy by nature and in a way it is a blessing in disguise because being alone does not really make… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am not an adult, that's my explanation of myself. Except when I am working on a set, I have all the… — Jean Arthur Copy Share Image
It's so much easier for me to get up and be someone else than expressing my own thoughts and feelings. There's definitely… — Lindy Booth Copy Share Image
I can work with shyness, but for the most part I want people to feel comfortable with me. It's really more about… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
The peculiarities of my childhood, of constantly moving through so many different cultures, of always being the outsider, may have made me… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
There are elements of Piglet that are me: the shyness and the anxieties and fears. Even after all these years. The more… — John Fiedler Copy Share Image
I have made plenty of mistakes. The key to life is to learn from them. I have been a little too introspective,… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
“I wanted to be Feinberg's student, but I didn't know how to go about it. Since it was premature for formal arrangements… — Emanuel Derman Copy Share Image
“Leah looked at her parents, lost in their own fantasies, and decided that the three of them were a pretty pathetic family… — J.M. Reep Copy Share Image
“The first step in overcoming your problem is to acknowledge that what you call shyness is anxiety, a very specific kind of… — Jonathan Berent Copy Share Image
“Why do I have to exhaust myself trying to pretend to enjoy someone’s company? Or to like something? It hurts everyone involved.… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
“Social anxiety disorder”—which essentially means pathological shyness—is now thought to afflict nearly one in five of us. The most recent version of… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
What do you think it would have been like if Valentine had brought you up along with me? Would you have loved… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Reading his autobiography many years later, I was astonished to find that Edward since boyhood had—not unlike Isaiah Berlin—often felt himself ungainly… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
INTROVERTS are especially vulnerable to challenges like marital tension, a parent’s death, or abuse. They’re more likely than their peers to react… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Sometimes quiet people have a lot to say, but they just don't open up to anybody. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“Shyness can become a serious problem when it is rooted in toxic shame.” — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
