Shyness Quotes

191 Shyness quotes by 153 unique authors

Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. — Jonathan Safran Foer
The very best way in all the world to overcome self-consciousn ess and shyness is to get interested in other people and to think of… — Dale Carnegie
Retain your shyness and drop your shame. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
I have learned that some people who look fine are more crippled than I am, by fears they can’t explain. Other people are held back… — Cammie McGovern
A place has almost a shyness of a person with strangers; its secret is not to be surprised by too direct interrogation. — Arthur Symons
The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people. — Roger Moore
I started studying shyness in adults in 1972. Shyness operates at so many different levels. Out of that research came the Stanford shyness clinic in… — Philip Zimbardo
I genuinely enjoy talking one-to-one. I have no shyness about that. — Stephanie Beacham
I've gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness. — Clea DuVall
What I never overcame is a kind of shyness. — Kurt Masur
There is a shyness about me, and I really need to get out more. — Priscilla Presley
In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me… — Gwen John
People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong. — Diane Sawyer
Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able… — Jarvis Cocker
Modesty is related to diffidence, diffidence is related to shyness, Shyness is a synonym for timidity, timidity is a characteristic of the meek, the meek… — Dean Koontz
I was very shy growing up. My shyness manifested as a big personality, as opposed to the wallflower personality. It's been a journey getting comfortable… — Tracee Ellis Ross
Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There's a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing's kind of like exhibitionism in… — David Foster Wallace
He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy. — Chanakya
I have this demon who wants me to run away screaming if I am going to be flawed, fallible. It wants me to think I'm… — Sylvia Plath
If you explore beneath shyness or party chit-chat, you can sometimes turn a dull exchange into an intriguing one. I've found this to be particularly… — Joyce Carol Oates
..Fear is the energy to do your best in a new situation. The feeling of fear (anxiety, nervousness, shyness, or any of its other aliases)… — Peter McWilliams
A pretty woman is a Christmas tree,' my mother told me in the airport. This fella is hanging things on my branches as his gaze… — Joshilyn Jackson
At the root of Japanese manufacturing lies a feminine delicacy and shyness as well as a childlike curiosity and fantasy-filled worldview. — Morinosuke Kawaguchi
If you want to do something big in your life, you must remember that shyness is only the mind. If you think shy, you act… — Arfa Karim
If you want to do something big in your life, you must remember that shyness is only the mind, — Arfa Karim

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