167 Quotes About Shyness
- Author Daphne Du Maurier
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It seemed incredible to me now that I had never understood. I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continued to suffer, because they could not break out from their own web of shyness and reserve, and in their blindness and folly built up a great distorted wall in front of them that hid the truth. This was what I had done. I had built up false pictures in my mind and sat before them. I had never had the courage to demand the truth.
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- Author Hermann Hesse
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und diese war so lebendig und so gesprächig und machte sich aus seiner Gegenwart und aus seiner Schüchternheit so wenig, daß er unbehilflich und ein wenig beleidigt die Fühler einzog und sich verkroch, wie eine vom Wagenrad gestreifte Wegschnecke.
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- Author Melanie Cusick-Jones
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If only people knew how much I preferred to sit in the background, knowledgeable and capable, but not in the spotlight.
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- Author Jane Austen
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I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness. [...] Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy.
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- Author Jane Austen
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I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness."-Edward Ferrars
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- Author Susan Cain
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We often marvel at how introverted, geeky, kid 'blossom' into secure and happy adults. We liken it to a metamorphosis. However, maybe it's not the children who change but their environments. As adults they get to select the careers, spouses, and social circles that suit them. They don't have to live in whatever culture they'er plunked into.
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- Author Andrew Clements
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I almost tell him that I'd never be able to do something like that, just take out my instrument and begin playing on a street corner. But it feels to personal. Yes, I'm shy, but why bring it to his attention? I'm too shy to talk about how shy I am.
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- Author Jennifer Valoppi
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Oh, don’t tell me you’re shy. We are both adults, Helene. We are about to form a bond to which there is no foreseeable end. We will be together for a very long time.
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- Author Robert Dittmer
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Overcome ShynessHere are some tips for overcoming shyness:• Work on your listening and communications skills.• Learn more about reading nonverbal communication, such as body languageand facial expressions.• Let others take the lead in conversations, then jump in after the discussionhas begun.• Observe others in environments that elicit shyness in you.• Learn to smile. It’s an ice-breaker.• Learn to ask questions. That starts conversations.
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