Anxiety Quote by Robert Breault

“Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating.”

— Susan Cain

Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.

— Susan Cain

Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.

— Anonymous

Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.

— Penelope Keith

Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness.

— Daniel Radcliffe

Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.

— Anonymous

“But the most interesting part of Thorne’s experiment was how much the two types appreciated each other. Introverts talking to extroverts chose cheerier topics,…

— Susan Cain

When the excessively shy force themselves to be forward, they are frequently surprisingly unsubtle and overdirect and even rude: they have entered an extreme…

— Nicholson Baker

“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 under the…

— Susan Cain

“Nor are introverts necessarily shy. Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not…

— Susan Cain

At the root of the shy temperament is a deep fear of social judgment, one so severe it can sometimes be crippling. Introverted people…

— Jeffrey Kluger

Shyness is primitive romanticism.

— Mohammad MUSTAFA