Best Introvert Quotes! 200 Quotes to Know the Power of Introvert
Best Introvert Quotes
“Never let shyness conquer your mind.” —Arfa Karim
“I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.” —Cicero
“I believe that worthiness is our birthright.” —Oprah Winfrey
“Nothing is worthy than being yourself.” —Unknown
“Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.” —Steve Martin
“Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.” —Pierre Corneille
“If I won’t be myself, who will?” —Alfred Hitchcock
“You can be a very charismatic introvert.” —Olivia Fox Cabane
“Introverts paradoxically pull away from culture and create culture.” —Laurie Helgoe
“Life isn’t about just talking, it’s about thinking too.” —Marie Symeou
“There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.” —Han Suyin
“I am quite shy and people think I’m aloof.” —Kristen Stewart
“I’m indecisive because I see eight sides to everything.” —April Kepne
“Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.” —Ayn Rand
“The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.” —William Wordsworth
“Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.” —Iain Duncun Smith
“Kind and humble makes a better man than loud and muscle.” —Maxime Lagace
“Our greatest strength lies in the gentleness and tenderness of our heart.” —Rumi
“You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.” —Stephen Chbosky
“Your introversion is a gift that doesn’t need to be cured of fixed.” —Michaela Chung
“I want to be alone… with someone else who wants to be alone.” —Dimitri Zaik
“The less I talk, the more my words have impact, the more people listen.” —Maxime Lagace
“Being quiet is good, you can keep yourself safe from other people attentions.” —Unknown
“At the end of the day, you won’t be happy until you love yourself.” —Lady Gaga
“Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.” —Albert Einstein
Short Introvert Quotes
“Deep rivers run quiet.” —Haruki Murakami
“Loneliness is failed solitude.” —Sherry Turkle
“The limited circle is pure.” —Franz Kafka
“Take time to be quiet.” —Zig Ziglar
“I restore myself when I’m alone.” —Marilyn Monroe
“To thine own self be true.” —William Shakespeare
“Think and wonder, wonder and think.” —Dr. Seuss
“If you can’t be kind, be quiet.” —Unknown
“I came, I saw, I left early.” —Unknown
“Silence is a source of great strength.” —Lao Tzu
“Listen more than you talk. Be awesome.” —Maxime Lagace
“Be quiet, so that life may speak.” —Leo Babauta
“I kinda live where I find myself.” —Bob Dylan
“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.” —Lorraine Hansberry
“A little hibernation is good for the mind.” —Michaela Chung
“Please leave me alone – I’m introverting.” —Unknown
“I was never less alone than when by myself.” —Edward Gibbon
“Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” —Maya Angelou
“I think a lot, but I don’t say much.” —Anne Frank
“Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.” —Liv Tyler
“Don’t think silence is empty. It’s full of answers.” —Unknown
“If you can’t be kind, at least be quiet.” —Unknown
“Never presume quiet is weak and loud is strong.” —Unknown
“Never be afraid to sit for a while and think.” —Lorraine Hansberry
“I don’t want to be alone. I want to be left alone.” —Audrey Hepburn
Funny Introvert Quotes
“A wise man once said nothing.” —Proverb
“Please kindly go away – I’m introverting.” —Unknown
“Whew, that was close. I almost had to socialize.” —Unknown
“Since when is solitude one of the Seven Deadly Sins? —Susan Cain
“In terms of like, instant relief, canceling plans is like heroin.” —John Mulaney
“A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.” —Oscar Wilde
“You might be an introvert if you were ready to go home before you left the house.” —Criss Jami
“Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking you are boring somebody.” —Helen Gurley Brown
“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
Inspirational Introvert Quotes
“Being weird, independent and loving solitude are not limitations. They are my superpowers.” —Maxime Lagace
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” —Rosa Parks
“Understand that half the game is keeping quiet, and carefully watching those around you.” —Robert Greene
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” —Plato
“Be strong, be who you are and fight for your identity, fight for who you really are.” —Unknown
“Introverts think carefully before they speak. We can be excellent public speakers because we prepare carefully.” —Sophia Dembling
“Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” —Isaac Newton
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” —Abraham Lincoln
“For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating.” —Jonathan Rauch
“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” —Anne Lamott
“You shouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“I’m an ocean, because I’m really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.” —Christina Aguilera
“I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone.” —Marilynne Robinson
“I think I’m a weird combination of deeply introverted and very daring. I can feel both those things working.” —Helen Hunt
“As an introvert, you crave intimate moments and deep connections – and those usually aren’t found in a crowd.” —Jenn Granneman
“Friendship with one’s self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.” —Sigmund Freud
“I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life.” —Nelson Mandela
“At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.” —Lao Tzu
“Whatever kind of introvert you are, some people will find you ‘too much’ in some ways and ‘not enough’ in others.” —Laurie Helgoe
“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” —Henry David Thoreau
“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that’s where I renew my springs that never dry up.” —Pearl Buck
“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.” —Napoleon Hill
“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
“Study me as much as you like, you will never know me. For I differ a hundred ways from what you see me to be.” —Rumi
“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.” —Bertrand Russell
“Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel lonelier in a crowded room with boring people that I feel on my own.” —Henry Rollins
“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
“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
“Isn’t it refreshing to know that what comes perfectly natural for you is your greatest strength? Your power is in your nature. You may not think it’s a big deal that you can spend hours immersed in something that interests you — alone — but the extrovert next door has no idea how you do it.” —Laurie Helgoe
Famous Introvert Quotes
“Without great solitude no serious work is possible.” —Pablo Picasso
“We need fantasy to survive because reality is too difficult.” —Lady Gaga
“Why is it that nobody understands me, yet everybody likes me? —Albert Einstein
“The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.” —Albert Einstein
“Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.” —Bill Gates (Microsoft)
“Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.” —Marcus Aurelius
“It is a strange thing to be so widely known, and yet to be so lonely.” —Albert Einstein
“We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers.” —Henry David Thoreau
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” —Carl Gustav Jung
“I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I’d get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.” —Beyonce Knowles
“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, the sky.” —Audrey Hepburn
Sassy Introvert Quotes
“Quiet people have the loudest minds.” —Stephan Hawking
“I believe in annoyed at first sight.” —Steve Maraboli
“Sorry I’m late. I didn’t want to come.” —Jessica Pan
“Party chitchat feels like sandpaper to our psyche.” —Diane Cameron
“Do you feel harassed by the “read receipt” feature for text messaging?” —Arnie Kozak
“I will only have you if you are sweeter than my solitude.” —Warsan Shire
“I am rarely bored alone; I am often bored in groups and crowds.” —Laurie Helgoe
“Introverts treasure the close relationships they have stretched so much to make.” —Adam S. McHugh
“I don’t hate people. I just feel better when they are not around.” —Charles Bukowski
“An introversion party is three people sprawled on couches and pillows, reading and occasionally talking.” —Laurie Helgoe
“It’s not because I don’t want to look at you. It’s that I don’t want to be seen.” —Jonathan Lethem
“There are times I wish I was a master magician so I could disappear into the folds of time.” —Jaeda DeWalt
“My idea of a fun night was diving into a massive pile of To Be Read books stacked near my dresser.” —Jeff Sampson
“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
Meaningful Introvert Quotes
“True happiness is impossible without solitude.” —Anton Chekhov
“Only silence can calm my soul.” —Unknown Introvert Quotes
“I owe my solitude to other people.” —Alan Watts
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” —Aristotle
“There is real comfort in being quiet.” —Justina Chen
“Without great solitude no serious work is possible.” —Pablo Picasso
“I was quiet but I was not blind.” —Jane Austen
“There is something more important than logic: imagination.” —Alfred Hitchcock
“An accusing heart couldn’t see her own sins.” —Toba Beta
“I’m not an anti-social rather I’m a pro-solitude.” —Unknown
“Be yourself. The world will adjust with that.” —Unknown
“Your mind just needs a diet of calm and quiet.” —Maxime Lagace
“When a quiet introvert talks, heads turn, and that’s power.” —Laurie Helgoe
“The greatest art is to sit, wait and let it come.” —Yogi Bhajan
“Being silent is fine. Accept that and shine your own way.” —Maxime Lagace
“To be happy with a calm life is absolutely ok.” —Unknown
“If you are afraid of being lonely, don’t try to be right.” —Jules Renard
“He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.” —Lao Tzu
“I’m a very simple person who has thousands of feelings behind a smile.” —Unknown
“Sometimes it’s better to be alone, no one can hurt you that way.” —Tinku Razoria
“Don’t think I have no plan. All I want is my plan to do nothing.” —Unknown
“I want someone who will leave me alone most of the time. So I can share my entire life with him/her.” —Unknown
Susan Cain Introvert Quotes
“Everyone shines, given the right lighting.” —Susan Cain
“Since when is solitude one of the Seven Deadly Sins? —Susan Cain
“Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can.” —Susan Cain
“Our culture is biased against quiet and reserved people, but introverts are responsible for some of humanity’s greatest achievements.” —Susan Cain
“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.” —Susan Cain
“Introverts are offered keys to private gardens full of riches (YouTube video). To possess such a key is to tumble like Alice down her rabbit hole. She didn’t choose to go to Wonderland – but she made of it an adventure that was fresh and fantastic and very much her own.” —Susan Cain
“Solitude is a catalyst for innovation.” —Susan Cain
“Don’t think of introversion as something that needs to be cured… Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you’re supposed to.” —Susan Cain
“Stay true to your own nature. 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
“Solitude matters, and for some people, it’s the air they breathe.” —Susan Cain
“There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.” —Susan Cain
“The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some it’s a Broadway spotlight, for others, a lamplit desk. —Susan Cain
“It’s never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population. We discovered this with women decades ago, and now it’s time to realize it with introverts. —Susan Cain
Long Introvert Quotes
“Introverts live in two worlds: We visit the world of people, but solitude and the inner world will always be our home.” —Jenn Granneman
“Introverts are collectors of thoughts, and solitude is where the collection is curated and rearranged to make sense of the present and future.” —Laurie Helgoe
“For quiet, sensitive souls, solitude is the golden thread that unites us with our inner world… We need quiet to connect the dots in our constellations of thoughts.” —Michaela Chung
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“If you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.” —Jodi Picoult
“What a commentary on our civilization, when being alone is considered suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices it like a secret vice!” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“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
“When I was young, all I wanted and expected from life was to sit quietly in some corner doing my work without the public paying attention to me. And now see what has become of me.” —Albert Einstein
“Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone.” —Paul Tillich
“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 (Apple)
“When I am alone I can become invisible. I can sit on the top of a dune as motionless as an uprise of weeds, until the foxes run by unconcerned. I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing.” —Mary Oliver
“Cancelling plans is my favorite. And I like empty bookstores, rainy days and thunderstorms. And quiet coffee shops. Messy beds and over-worn pajamas make me comfortable. Most of all, I love to live with the small joys that a simple life brings to me.” —Unknown
“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.” —Franz Kafka
“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
“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world, I mean everybody — no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside. Inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds… Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands, maybe.” —Neil Gaiman
“I’ll be honest with you, I’m a little bit of a loner. It’s been a big part of my maturing process to learn to allow people to support me. I tend to be very self-reliant and private. And I have this history of wanting to work things out on my own and protect people from what’s going on with me.” —Kerry Washington
“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. I have to exert myself and really say, oh God, I’ve got to see my friends because I’m too content by myself.” —Drew Barrymore
Introvert Quotes and Sayings
“To thine own self be true.” —Shakespeare
“Silence is not empty. It’s full of answers. —Unknown
“Never assume quiet is weak and loud is strong. —Unknown
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“People empty me. I have to get away to refill. —Charles Bukowski
“Introverts are word economists in a society suffering from verbal diarrhea. —Michaela Chung
“Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing. —William S. Boroughs
“People inspire you, or they drain you, pick them wisely.” —Hans F. Hansen
“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. —Mary Sarton
“I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least. —Bob Newhart
“What a lovely surprise to discover how unlonely being alone can be.” —Ellen Burstyn
“One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.” —Gary Mark Gilmore
“Live your life the way you want, not the way society tells you.” —Maxime Lagacé
“An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.” —Walter Bagehot
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love.” —Rumi
“Extroverts sparkle, introverts glow. Extroverts are fireworks, introverts are a fire in the hearth. —Sophia Dembling
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” —Plato
“The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.” —Shannon L. Alder
“The day I began to live is the day I discovered being an introvert was awesome.” —Maxime Lagacé
“Silence is beautiful, not awkward. The human tendency to be afraid of something beautiful is awkward.” —Elliot Kay
“I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” —Henry David Thoreau
“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.” —Aldous Huxley
“Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell. —Criss Jami
“I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but like everybody else, it must be in my own way.” —Jane Austen
“We can’t underestimate the value of silence. We need to create ourselves, need to spend time alone. If you don’t, you risk not knowing yourself and not realizing your dreams.” —Jewel
“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