Introvert Quotes - Page 8

• I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy.

  Robert B. Laughlin

  Boys, Introverted

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• The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.

  Daniel D. Palmer

  Physicians, Drs, Quiet

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• So give me a turbulent world as opposed to a quiet world and I'll take the turbulent one.

  Andy Grove

  Giving, World, Quiet

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• For the introvert, conversation can be a very limited forum for self expression. When a song moves you, a writer gets you or a theory enlightens you, you and its creator are connecting in a realm beyond sight or speech.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Song, Moving, Sight

  Laurie A Helgoe (2013). “Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength”, p.72, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• Justice and I became friends, though we were opposites in many ways - he was extroverted, I was introverted; he was lighthearted, I was serious.

  Nelson Mandela

  Opposites, Justice, Leader

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• I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life.

  Nelson Mandela

  Running, Distance, School

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• I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think that I ever spoke. I wanted to understand the issues under discussion, evaluate the arguments, see the calibre of the men involved.

  Nelson Mandela

  Men, Thinking, Issues

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• I feel self-repressed again. The old fall disease. Where is my willpower? The idea of a life gets in the way of my life...I dream too much, work too little.

  Sylvia Plath

  Dream, Fall, Self

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• I'm one of the biggest introverts you could ever meet.

  Tim Gunn

  "Project Runway’s Top Gunn". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. January/February, 2012.

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• They say that extroverts are unhappier than introverts and have to compensate for this by constantly proving to themselves how happy and contented and at ease with life they are.

  Paulo Coelho

  Ease, Extroverts, Prove

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• I was never less alone than when by myself.

  Edward Gibbon

  Loneliness, Being Alone, Feeling Alone

  Edward Gibbon, John Baker Holroyd (2014). “Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire”, p.83, Cambridge University Press

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• America is a noisy culture, unlike, say, Finland, which values silence. Individualism, dominant in the U.S. and Germany, promotes the direct, fast-paced style of communication associated with extraversion. Collectivistic societies, such as those in East Asia, value privacy and restraint, qualities more characteristic of introverts.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Communication, America, Silence

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• Introverts are more effective leaders of proactive employees. When you have a creative, energetic work force, an introvert is going to draw out that energy better.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Creative, Leader, Energy

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• I'm reserved. I'm more of an introvert than an extrovert.

  Nicole Kidman

  Extroverts, Reserved

  "Nicole Kidman's Wild Ride" by Laura Brown, Slide 1, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 08, 2012.

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• It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry. It's amazing how many people go into the ministry who don't really like to be with people.

  John Piper

  People, Ministry

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• I'm an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I've loved it so much - has always been hard for me.

  Roy Rogers

  Heart, Shows, Show Business

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• In other countries, congenital introverts simply remain introverts all their lives, neither advancing nor retreating, but America's commitment to extroversion as a national art form can abrade some naturally aloof personalities until they flower into deadly nightshade.

  Florence King

  Country, Art, Flower

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• Often we come home from a sharing session with a feeling that something precious has been taken away from us or that holy ground has been trodden upon.

  Henri Nouwen

  Taken, Home, Holy Ground

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2016). “The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen”, p.26, HarperCollins

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• The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had to learn how to talk. Out of politeness.

  Ariel Gore

  People, Silence, World

  Ariel Gore (2003). “Atlas of the Human Heart”, p.23, Seal Press

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• And here in my isolation I can grow stronger. Poetry seems to come of itself, without effort, and I need only let myself dream a little while painting to suggest it.

  Paul Gauguin

  Dream, Being Alone, Creativity

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• I will say they were horrified when I wanted to be an actor. It wasn't a showbiz-y family, and my parents are real introverts who don't go to a lot of Hollywood parties and are most comfortable in their pajamas in our sweet little home. Part of the reason I wanted to be an actor and not just a writer is because I felt much more extroverted than that - I love to be around people, and feed off people's energy, and collaborations. If I hadn't had their example, I wouldn't have been so serious, but I also wouldn't have wanted so much to find another creative outlet.

  Zoe Kazan

  Sweet, Real, Party

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• I lead an introverted and boring life here in California.

  Brian Bosworth

  California, Boring, Boring Life

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• Emotionally I'm an introvert but it come off as aggression

  Kevin Gates

  Aggression

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• The juvenile delinquent does not feel his disturbed personality. The intelligent man does not feel his intelligence or the introvert his introversion.

  B. F. Skinner

  Intelligent, Men, Personality

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• Extraverts ... cannot understand life until they have lived it. Introverts ... cannot live life until they understand it.

  Isabel Briggs Myers

  Live Life, Sociability

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