Isabel Briggs Myers

“Problems arise for the introverts because they often do not look closely enough at the outer situation and, therefore, do not really…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

“No type has everything. The introverts and thinkers, though likely to arrive at the most profound decisions, may have the most difficulty…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

“If you are the intuitive, you need to observe the following rules: First, say explicitly, at the start, what you are talking…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

“Whereas the intuitive children like to learn by insight, the sensing children prefer to learn by familiarization.”

— Isabel Briggs Myers

“[INTJs and INFJs] Are willing to concede that the impossible takes a little longer—but not much”

— Isabel Briggs Myers

“For many Extraverts, "hell at a party" is "not being able to get in." Many introverts see it as "being there.”

— Isabel Briggs Myers

The best-adjusted people are the ‘psychologically patriotic,’ who are glad to be what they are.

— Isabel Briggs Myers

They [INTJs] are likely, however, to organize themselves out of a job. They cannot continually reorganize the same thing, and a finished…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

the present Western civilization ... is dominated by the extravert viewpoint. There are plenty of reasons for this domination: extraverts are more…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

“Intuitives tend to define intelligence as “quickness of understanding” and so prejudge the case in their own favor, for intuition is very…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

In teaching, the other main problem related to type is the students’ interest. Intuitives and sensing types differ greatly in what they…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

“They [sensing types] will not skim in reading, and they hate to have people skim in conversation. Believing that matters inferred are…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

ISTPs have a vested interest in practical and applied science, especially in the field of mechanics.

— Isabel Briggs Myers

“Good type development thus demands that the auxiliary supplement the dominant process in two respects. It must supply a useful degree of…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

We cannot safely assume that other people's minds work on the same principles as our own. All too often, others with whom…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

“the presentation of a good idea can usually be designed to suit the listener’s interests. Sensing types, who take facts more seriously…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

“Extraverted thinkers tend to exaggerate for the sake of emphasis, and the victim will be too outraged by the unfair overstatement to…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

What children need is the conviction that satisfaction can and must be earned. ... Spoiled children do not learn the must.

— Isabel Briggs Myers

“Unless thinkers carry their respect for cause and effect into the field of human relations, they may not have much awareness of…

— Isabel Briggs Myers