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- Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. And they all took the spotlight, even…
- Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.
- In a way, education by its nature favours the extrovert because you are taking kids and putting them into a big classroom, which is automatically…
- The glory of the disposition that stops to consider stimuli rather than rushing to engage with them is its long association with intellectual and artistic…
- Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they are out of…
- It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.
- We don’t ask why God chose as his prophet a stutterer with a public speaking phobia. But we should. The book of Exodus is short…
- As a young boy, Charles Darwin made friends easily but preferred to spend his time taking long, solitary nature walks. (As an adult he was…
- Whoever you are, bear in mind that appearance is not reality. Some people act like extroverts, but the effort costs them energy, authenticity, and even…
- Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it. If this requires public speaking or networking or…
- we have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally
- We often marvel at how introverted, geeky, kid 'blossom' into secure and happy adults. We liken it to a metamorphosis. However, maybe it's not the…
- The other thing Aron found about sensitive people is that sometimes they're highly empathic. It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other…
- .. it makes sense that introverts are uniquely good at leading intiative-takers. Because of their inclination to listen to others and lack of interest in…
- We need to do teacher training to educate them about what temperament means. Shyness is painful and you want to help a child with shyness…
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- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster