Common Quote by Lauren Iungerich

“Although nurture does not change our basic personality type, it can in some ways cloud or impair our ability to accurately perceive our true…

— Anonymous

“Insecurity, inferiority complex, past failures, and comparison are not your friend. Don't allow them to grow roots. The world is waiting for everything you've…

— Andrena Sawyer

As you get older, you choose friends based on not only what feels resonant and warm but if they're bringing something to your life.…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

I have had many more close women friends than men, and I've always assumed that comes from the fact that in my family there…

— Salman Rushdie

“Most people never know more than a surface layer of each other’s personalities. They take the bolder characteristics of a first impression at face…

— Max Monroe

The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.

— Susan Cain

“Although acting inconsistently with one’s own implicit interests and developmental trends can sometimes pay off, the data suggest that those who ignore their deeper…

— Christopher Peterson

“Finally, it has been shown that the tendency for people to think of themselves as above average is reduced—even for ambiguous traits—when people are…

— Thomas Gilovich

“...the results have consistently suggested that introversion and extroversion, like other major personality traits such as agreeableness and conscientiousness, are about 40 to 50 percent heritable.”

— Susan Cain

However we may flatter ourselves to the contrary, our friends think no higher of us than the world do. They see us through the…

— William Hazlitt

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different.

— George Santayana

People who feel insecure in social situations never miss a chance to exhibit their dominance over close, submissive friends, whomthey put down publicly, in…

— Friedrich Nietzsche