Profoundly inspirational introvert quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
Famous Introvert Quotes
Let’s clear one thing up Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate the barrier it creates between people. Laurie Helgoe
Without great solitude no serious work is possible. Pablo Picasso
I am rarely bored alone; I am often bored in groups and crowds. Laurie Helgoe
Deep inside, she knew who she was, and that person was smart and kind and often even funny, but somehow her personality always got lost somewhere between her heart and her mouth, and she found herself saying the wrong thing or, more often, nothing at all. Julia Quinn
Introverts enjoy people watching. Extroverts enjoy people watching. Jonny Sun
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Gustav Jung
You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Franz Kafka
I’m an introvert I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, and the sky. Audrey Hepburn
Please kindly go away, I’m introverting. Beth Buelow
You may think I’m small, but I have a universe inside my mind. Yoko Ono
Some kinds of night animals and people that don’t fit in with others and that nobody really believes in. They keep out of the way all the year. And then when everything’s quiet and white and the nights are long and most people are asleep then they appear. Tove Jansson
I’m very picky with whom I give my energy to. I prefer to reserve my time, intensity and spirit exclusively to those who reflect sincerity. Dau Voire
Quiet people have the loudest minds. Stephen Hawking
I think a lot, but I don’t say much. Anne Frank
Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing. William S. Burroughs
I don’t believe anything really revolutionary has ever been invented by committee I’m going to give you some advice that might be hard to take. That advice is Work alone Not on a committee. Not on a team. Steve Wozniak
Everyone shines, given the right lighting. Susan Cain
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. Cheryl Strayed
People empty me. I have to get away to refill. C. Bukowski
I want to be alone with someone else who wants to be alone. Dimitri Zaik
In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone. Rollo May
Don’t underestimate me because I’m quiet. I know more than I say, think more than I speak and observe more than you know. Michaela Chung
As a child, I suppose I was not quite normal. My happiest times were when I was left alone in the house on a Saturday. Charles Bukowski
I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel. Audrey Hepburn
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. Susan Cain
I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone. Marilynne Robinson
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There is a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. Drew Barrymore
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Marcus Aurelius
I like saying the most with the least. Bob Newhart
How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here forever with bare things, this coffee cup, this knife, this fork, things in themselves, myself being myself. Virginia Wolf
A good rule of thumb is that any environment that consistently leaves you feeling bad about who you are is the wrong environment. Laurie Helgoe
My imagination functions much better when I don’t have to speak to people. Patricia Highsmith
Introverts crave meaning so party chitchat feels like sandpaper to our psyche. Diane Cameron
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulate the creative mind. Albert Einstein
The highest form of love is to be the protector of another person’s solitude. Rainer Maria Rilke
When you’re an introvert like me and you’ve been lonely for a while, and then you find someone who understands you, you become really attached to them. It’s a real release. Lana Del Rey
Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing. William S. Boroughs
Luna was glad Amy wasn’t one to pry. She knew that if she wanted to talk about it, she would. More people needed to be like her. Kayla Krantz
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. Aristotle
Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone that is the secret of invention be alone, that is when ideas are born. Nikola Tesla
The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. Those who walk alone are likely to find themselves in places no one has ever been before. Francis Phillip Wernig
If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don’t let others make you feel as if you have to race. If you enjoy depth, don’t force yourself to seek breadth. Susan Cain
Introvert conversations are like jazz. Each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo. Laurie Helgoe
Don’t underestimate me because I’m quiet. I know more than I say, think more than I speak and observe more than you know. Michaela Chung
Introverts are word economists in a society suffering from verbal diarrhea. Michaela Chung
A good rule of thumb is that any environment that consistently leaves you feeling bad about who you are is the wrong environment. Laurie Helgoe
I am worn out with civility. I have been talking incessantly all night with nothing to say. Jane Austen
Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining. Anne Lamott
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I want to be alone with someone else who wants to be alone. Dimitri Zaik
Your solitude will be a support and a home for you, even in the midst of very unfamiliar circumstances, and from it, you will find all your paths. Rainer Maria Rilke
I’m very picky with whom I give my energy to. I prefer to reserve my time, intensity and spirit exclusively to those who reflect sincerity. Dau Voire
Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living. Albert Einstein
Introverts live in two worlds We visit the world of people, but solitude and the inner world will always be our home. Jenn Granneman
People are always so boring when they band together. You have to be alone to develop all the idiosyncrasies that make a person interesting. Andy Warhol
Introverts may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. Susan Cain
Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone that is the secret of invention be alone, that is when ideas are born. Nikola Tesla
You might be an introvert if you were ready to go home before you left the house. Criss Jami
Blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse them with, and something to judge. Paulo Coelho
I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone. Lord Byron
Quiet people have the loudest minds. Stephen Hawking
I don’t hate people. I just feel better when they are not around. Charles Bukowski
Do what you feel in your heart to be right for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t. Eleanor Roosevelt
While others chat, introverts listen, observe, analyze, and collect impressions. Laurie Helgoe
Silence is beautiful, not awkward. The human tendency to be afraid of something beautiful is awkward. Elliot Kay
I need space from a world that is filled with millions of mouths that talk too much but never have anything to say. Kaitlin Foster
Introverts are word economists in a society suffering from verbal diarrhea. Michaela Chung
I talked to a calzone for fifteen minutes last night before I realized it was just an introverted pizza. I wish all my acquaintances were so tasty. Jarod Kintz
My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude. Warsan Shire
I prefer tongue tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell. Criss Jami
Are introverts arrogant? Hardly. I suppose this common misconception has to do with our being more intelligent, more reflective, more independent, more level headed, more refined, and more sensitive than extroverts. Jonathan Rauch
Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for a center. So we lost our center and have to find it again. Anais Nin
Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. Napoleon Hill
There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas. Susan Cain
My idea of a fun night was diving into a massive pile of To Be Read books stacked near my dresser. Jeff Sampson
Kindly remove yourself from my personal space. Thanks. Gemma Correll
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An introvert may feel asocial when pressured to go to a party that doesn’t interest her. But for her, the event does not promise meaningful interaction. In fact, she knows that the party will leave her feeling more alone and alienated. Laurie Helgoe
There are times I wish I was a master magician so I could disappear into the folds of time. Jaeda DeWalt
Don’t feel stupid if you don’t like what everyone else pretends to love. Emma Watson
Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don’t want to make eye contact while doing it. John Green
Accept everything about yourself I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end no apologies, no regrets. Clark Moustakas
Are introverts arrogant? Hardly. I suppose this common misconception has to do with our being more intelligent, more reflective, more independent, more level headed, more refined, and more sensitive than extroverts. Jonathan Rauch
In a gentle way, you can shake the world. Mahatma Gandhi
Introverts treasure the close relationships they have stretched so much to make. Adam S. McHugh
The most important thing to know about being an introvert is that there’s nothing wrong with you. You’re not broken because you’re quiet. It’s okay to stay home on a Friday night instead of going to a party. Being an introvert is a perfectly normal ‘thing’ to be. Jenn Granneman
Matthew, much to his own surprise, was enjoying himself. Like most quiet folks he liked talkative people when they were willing to do the talking themselves and did not expect him to keep up his end of it. L. M. Montgomery
So many people are shut up tight inside themselves like boxes, yet they would open up, unfolding quite wonderfully, if only you were interested in them. Sylvia Plath
Evangelicalism has taken the Extrovert Ideal to its logical extreme. If you don’t love Jesus out loud, then it must not be real love. Susan Cain
While extroverts are verbal processors, who speak as they think, introverts need to think before we speak. This leads to a slower, more thoughtful communication style that involves fewer words, and longer pauses. Michaela Chung
Without great solitude no serious work is possible. Pablo Picasso
You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life. Warren Buffett
Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. Napoleon Hill
Introverts live in two worlds We visit the world of people, but solitude and the inner world will always be our home. Jenn Granneman
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