Quotes on Introvert

After an hour or two of being socially on, we introverts need to turn off and recharge ... This isn't antisocial. It isn't a sign of depression.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.

Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren't a state of being, but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was.

From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

What if you love knowledge for its own sake, not necessarily as a blueprint to action? What if you wish there were more, not fewer reflective types in the world?

[Introverts,] the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys and the courage to speak softly.

What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence.

INTROVERTS are especially vulnerable to challenges like marital tension, a parent’s death, or abuse. They’re more likely than their peers to react to these events with depression, anxiety, and shyness. Indeed, about a quarter of Kagan’s high-reactive kids suffer from some degree of the condition known as “social anxiety disorder,” a chronic and disabling form of shyness.

There is no such thing as a pure introvert or extrovert. Such a person would be in the lunatic asylum.

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

Whatever makes you weird is probably your greatest asset.

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.

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions.

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

Self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion.

I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.

Everyone shines, given the right lighting.