Introvert Quotes - Page 6

• Or at school you might have been prodded to come “out of your shell”—that noxious expression which fails to appreciate that some animals naturally carry shelter everywhere they go, and that some humans are just the same.

  Susan Cain

  School, Animal, Expression

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.6, Broadway Books

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• I want to be left alone.

  Greta Garbo

  Lonely, Fear, Loneliness

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour.

  Charles Stanley

  Prayer, Voice, Avalanches

  Charles Stanley (2002). “How to Listen to God”, p.44, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It's not like I'm an introvert. You get to know me, I can have a conversation with you. But in front of the media, I'm probably more of a quiet guy.

  Derrek Lee

  Media, Guy, Quiet

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• Introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation.

  Susan Cain

  Solitude, Innovation, Catalyst

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.74, Broadway Books

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• Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.

  Bill Bradley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Thinking

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• Quiet is might. Solitude is strength. Introversion is power.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Solitude, Might, Quiet

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• I think [Charles] Dickens was an extrovert and Nelly [Ternan] an introvert, and I think that Nelly saw beyond the fame and adulation and she actually loved Dickens essentially for who he was. So I think he felt like she was someone he could be himself with.

  Felicity Jones

  Thinking, Extroverts, Saws

  Source: www.shockya.com

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  Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

  Henry Rollins

  Lonely, Being Alone, People

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• Extroverts want us to have fun, because they assume we want what they want. And sometimes we do. But "fun" itself is a "bright" word, the kind of word that comes with flashing lights and an exclamation point! One of Merriam-Webster's definitions of "fun" is "violent or excited activity or argument." The very word makes me want to sit in a dimly lit room with lots of pillows-by myself.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Fun, Light, Exclamation Points

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• When a quiet introvert talks, heads turn, and that's power.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Quiet, Turns

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• Extroverts are more attuned to social rewards, so they are more likely to flash a smile for effect. A notable exception are introverts - like me - whom I call "socially accessible" introverts. We have been trained well to smile and nod, which can place a burden on our processing efforts.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Effort, Extroverts, Rewards

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• The less you speak, the more you will hear.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  People, Speak, People Skills

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• This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a compromise.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Hate, Compromise, Sometimes

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• Steve is very quiet, even shy. I am very gregarious. So, opposites.

  Jayne Meadows

  Opposites, Shy, Quiet

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• Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

  Aristotle

  Loneliness, Being Alone, Solitude

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• I think more than being a woman is the fact that i'm an introvert. In the environment I work in people forget that i'm a woman which is wonderful it just shows what a wonderful environment i work in, no one treats me differently. They don't think that because i'm a woman i'll make decisions differently.

  Jennifer Yuh Nelson

  Thinking, People, Decision

  "The Women of “Kung Fu Panda 3”: Girlpower in the World of Animation" by Leslie Combemale, www.indiewire.com. February 1, 2016.

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• Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Pleasure, Scene, Interaction

  Laurie A Helgoe (2013). “Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength”, p.139, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• the present Western civilization ... is dominated by the extravert viewpoint. There are plenty of reasons for this domination: extraverts are more vocal than introverts; they are more numerous, apparently in the ratio of three to one; and they are accessible and understandable, whereas the introverts are not readily understandable, even to each other, and are likely to be thoroughly incomprehensible to the extraverts.

  Isabel Briggs Myers

  Civilization, Three, Viewpoints

  Isabel Briggs Myers, Peter B. Myers (1995). “Gifts differing: understanding personality type”, Davies-Black Publishing

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• Introverts listen better, they assess risks more carefully, they can be wiser managers. It's not for nothing that the Silicon Valley billionaires are so often the retiring types.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Retirement, Risk, Valleys

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• Introverts almost never cause me trouble and are usually much better at what they do than extroverts. Extroverts are too busy slapping one another on the back, team building, and making fun of introverts to get much done. Extroverts are amazed and baffled by how much some introverts get done and assume that they, the extroverts, are somehow responsible.

  Mark Vonnegut

  Fun, Team, Causes

  Mark Vonnegut, M.D. (2010). “Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir”, p.28, Delacorte Press

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• Many Introverts are also "highly sensitive," which sounds poetic, but is actually a technical term in psychology. If you are a sensitive sort, then you're more apt than the average person to feel pleasantly overwhelmed by Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" or a well-turned phrase or an act of extraordinary kindness. You may be quicker than others to feel sickened by violence and ugliness, and you likely have a very strong conscience.

  Susan Cain

  Strong, Kindness, Average

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.14, Broadway Books

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• .. 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 dominating social situations, introverts are more likely to hear and implement suggestions. Having benefited from the talents of their followers, they are then likely to motivate them to be even more proactive. Introverted leaders create a virtious circle of proactivity.

  Susan Cain

  Circles, Leader, Suggestions

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  Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody.

  Helen Gurley Brown

  Talking, Failing, Boring

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Loneliness is failed solitude.

  Sherry Turkle

  Loneliness, Solitude

  Sherry Turkle (2011). “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other”, p.288, Basic Books

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