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191 Shyness quotes by 153 unique authors

… that sour blend of loneliness and lust for recognition, shyness and extravagance, deep insecurity and self-intoxicated egomania, that drives poets and writers out of… — Amos Oz
The two commonest mistakes in judgement ... are, the confounding of shyness with arrogance - a very common mistake indeed - and the not understanding… — Charles Dickens
In my mind I am eloquent; I can climb intricate scaffolds of words to reach the highest cathedral ceilings and paint my thoughts. But when… — Isaac Marion
Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing to… — Chogyam Trungpa
I called it a baptism in flaming ink that forced me to shed my shyness about recognizing myself as a poet and to accept the… — Aberjhani
I gave my artistic laugh and also threw in some quirky language for good measure. "Lawks-a-mercy, no! I'm going to have a long bath and..."… — Louise Rennison
What do you think it would have been like if Valentine had brought you up along with me? Would you have loved me?" Clary was… — Cassandra Clare
I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that… — Mahatma Gandhi
Introversion- along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness- is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living in… — Susan Cain
My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world. — Dejan Stojanovic
true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding. — Susan Cain
The moment of crisis had come, and I must face it. My old fears, my diffidence, my shyness, my hopeless sense of inferiority, must be… — Daphne du Maurier
Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion… — Susan Cain
introductions are hard to come by when your natural state is shyness — Steve Martin
INTROVERTS are especially vulnerable to challenges like marital tension, a parent’s death, or abuse. They’re more likely than their peers to react to these events… — Susan Cain
The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. — Lady Bird Johnson
The teacher manages to get along still with the cumbersome algebraic analysis, in spite of its difficulties and imperfections, and avoids the smooth infinitesimal calculus,… — Felix Klein
I really started dreaming... and broke out of my shyness when I got to Howard University. My first acting class was an Intro to Acting… — Lance Gross
Powerful new drug-free treatments have been developed for depression and for every conceivable type of anxiety, such as chronic worrying, shyness, public speaking anxiety, test… — David D. Burns
The peculiarities of my childhood, of constantly moving through so many different cultures, of always being the outsider, may have made me extraordinarily self-sufficient, but… — Scott Anderson
Often confused with shyness, introversion does not imply social reticence or discomfort. Rather than being averse to social engagement, introverts become overwhelmed by too much… — Laurie Helgoe
Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the… — Henry Taylor
Shyness is just egoism out of its depth. — Penelope Keith
Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people. — Andre Dubus III

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