Shyness is a common feeling of being uncomfortable or nervous in social situations. Many people have shared their thoughts and perspectives on shyness through quotes. These quotes often highlight the challenges and emotions associated with being shy, as well as the importance of self-acceptance and understanding. Reading quotes about shyness can provide inspiration and encouragement for those who struggle with social anxiety, reminding them that they are not alone in their experiences.
the shell must break before the bird can fly. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons it teaches are tainted by its own toxicity. — Martha C. Nussbaum
Approval seeking behavior is not masculine. It is creepy, stalker-like behavior. — Corey Wayne
I’m a coward. I succumbed to jealousy and now it eats my heart. — Antonio Vivaldi
Say what I want, do what I want… I rather deal with consequences than live in fear. — 21 Savage
I’ve never been afraid to just speak my mind and just do what I want to do. — KSI
I don’t want my personality to overshadow my talent. — Cardi B
I’m just a low-key guy. — Kawhi Leonard
Shyness Image Quotes
Your Shyness Quotes
If you want to be a reference librarian, you must learn to overcome not only your shyness but also the shyness of others! — S. R. Ranganathan
Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world. You are willing to share your heart with others. — Chogyam Trungpa
Articulating the feelings that your people are afraid to speak is a large part of what leaders, including ship captains, do for a living. — Michael Abrashoff
Public speaking is only bad if your clothes don’t fit correctly. — Isaac Mashman
Don’t raise your kids to be bullies. This shit is heartbreaking and preventable. — Elliot Page
Sometimes your light shines so bright that it blinds people from seeing who you really are. — Shannon Alder
If you want to do something big in your life, you must remember that shyness is only the mind. — Arfa Karim
If nobody wants to tell their friends about your product, then the answer is clear: Your product sucks! — Cliff Lerner
Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. — Jonathan Safran Foer
Having limits to push against is how you find out what you can do. I have always been full of contradictions. I am shy but I love the freedom of the stage. I need reassurance but at the same time I don’t want it. I hate being afraid but I can’t help wanting to frighten myself. That is how you grow. — Sylvie Guillem
You're an original, an individual, a masterpiece. Celebrate that; don't let your uniqueness make you shy. Don't be someone other than the wonder you are. Every star is important to the sky. — Douglas Pagels
I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart — Annette Funicello
I sometimes shy away because I don't want to be too 'showy-offy' but the older I get I think, 'You have a handkerchief, put it in your pocket.' — Jude Law
I am quite a shy person. You say that to people, and they say, 'You do interviews, speeches. How can you be shy?' But, fundamentally, I am. — Nicola Sturgeon
I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant. — Alberto Tomba
In today's world you have to interact. You can't be some difficult, shy person who is not able to look somebody in the face; you have to present yourself. You have to know how to talk about your vision, your focus and what you believe in. — Anna Wintour
A bunch of six nicer people, I couldn’t be more fortunate to call my family — from Lee Pace, who is so dear. When I first saw him, I said he’s like a Gary Cooper. He’s bashful, he’s shy, he’s sensitive, he’s a great actor, he’s beautiful, he’s delicious. — Ellen Greene
Feeling Shy Quotes
As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldn't actually have to talk to people and feel awkward. And of course, as we all know from fairy stories, when you achieve that ambition, you find out you don't want it. — Jarvis Cocker
I used to feel so shy speaking to girls. It was even worse when they were around their crew because they would diss me. — Chris Brown
It is said that I'm distant and cold. I'm just someone who's very shy. I'm not comfortable doing interviews because I have to talk about myself. To talk about yourself, you have to know yourself pretty well and I feel like there are still some shades in me that I don't know about. — Kristen Stewart
Which of my feelings are real? Which of the me's is me? The wild, impulsive, chaotic, energetic, and crazy one? Or the shy, withdrawn, desperate, suicidal, doomed, and tired one? Probably a bit of both, hopefully much that is neither. — Kay Redfield Jamison
I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward. — Michael Bergin
I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody. — Chris Evert
Soccer has given me a place to express myself, fully and openly. To not be shy. To feel. To be crazy. To try things I might not try. To be honest in relationships. To make mistakes and realize that they're not life-shattering. — Brandi Chastain
I was shy as a child. Now I'm not really shy any more, unless I'm with shy people. I find it contagious and I don't know what to say. But I don't think shyness is something one should feel apologetic about. — Nigella Lawson
The moments when something new has entered us, something unknown; our feelings grow mute in shy embarrassment, everything in us withdraws, a silence arises, and the new experience, which no one knows, stands in the midst of it all and says nothing. — Rainer Maria Rilke
I've gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness. — Clea DuVall
Shy Person Quotes
Ever since I was little, I've shied away from romance. It's not that I dislike women, but I'm not good with them. — Akira Toriyama
Awww, I was so shy about watching my own work broadcast on TV. — Akira Toriyama
I saw all the suffering that Kurt Cobain went through. I saw this real vibrant person turn into a real shy, timid, withdrawn person. — Layne Staley
I was born in Copenhagen, and when I was a year old, we moved to Bangalore. I was always a shy person and was happy with just a few friends and that came from my own social awkwardness. I did not know how to make conversations. — Deepika Padukone
Powdermilk biscuits: Heavens, theyre tasty and expeditious! Theyre made from whole wheat, to give shy persons the strength to get up and do what needs to be done — Garrison Keillor
As a young person, and I know it’s hard to believe that I was shy, but you could take your camera, and it would take you to places: it was like having a friend, like having someone to go out with and look at the world. I would do things with a camera I wouldn’t do normally if I was just by myself. — Annie Leibovitz
I'm very private in person. I'm very sensitive and shy with men individually. But when I'm talking, maybe there's this other channel or this other side and other way of working in my mind, and I convert and become carefree. — Bai Ling
I'm the most mellow person offstage. I think it's just, going onstage lets me get out some frustration that I'm too shy to do in real life. Instead of doing it in private, I'd rather do it in front of 1,000 people who've paid $25 to see me lose my mind. — Zach Galifianakis
I’m just a real loner kind of person, and yeah, kinda dark. But I’m happy. Not sad. I’m just shy and nervous. — Clea DuVall
I was shy, but it came out in a big personality. My turning point was when I let my hair go naturally and I got contact lenses. I am really blind, by the way. I have these big eyes that don’t work! — Tracee Ellis Ross
Shy Guy Quotes
I could always make people around me laugh. It was more of a defense mechanism more than anything else, because I was a pretty shy guy. — Tim Hawkins
I've always been kind of a shy guy. Not very outgoing. I might not start a conversation, but if somebody else does, I'll chat away. — Retief Goosen
I'm quite shy, so if there's a guy I like, I actually ignore him because I can't speak to him. I get all red and sweaty, and it's embarrassing. — Silvia Colloca
I'm like a chameleon. I adapt to my situation. It's very slowed down here. I like it that way. I'm a guy that's very reserved, quiet and shy myself. — Kevin Durant
One of the best places for a shy person to meet people is in a coffee shop. If you are a reader, bring a book and read it there - that gives a guy something to ask you about. Same goes for sketching, writing, or any hobby you can take with you. — Laurie Helgoe
I'm tough on the outside and soft on the inside... I'm really a shy guy. — Milo Ventimiglia
'Lucky' is for laughs, and there's really nothing funny that I'm doing on 'Dexter.' I think more than anything, both comment on the fact that anybody is capable of anything. Just because they are the shy guy in the corner doesn't mean that they are a harmless little bunny. — Colin Hanks
I was always really shy so I'd never try to get a guy's attention. — Kim Kardashian
I believe Donald Trump is the best guy for president; and I'm not going to shy away and I take the risk. I could just stay home and don't talk about any candidate. — Joe Arpaio
I'm a pretty shy guy when it comes to girls and sex. — Justin Vernon
I Am Shy Quotes
Steve is very quiet, even shy. I am very gregarious. So, opposites. — Jayne Meadows
The most lasting reputation I have is for an almost ferocious aggressiveness, when in fact I am amiable, indulgent, affectionate, shy and rather timid at heart. — J. B. Priestley
Monsier Saint Laurent was pathologically shy, and he made the Saint Laurent woman in his own image. Like her, I am shy. And to protect myself, I adopted something of an androgynous look, just as his women did. — Carine Roitfeld
Lots are written about how 'she shows up at board meetings in the saree.' My God, I have never worn a saree to board meetings; people play it out in different ways. I think I have never shied away from the fact that I am an Indian, and I don't intend to, but you can be at home with both cultures. — Indra Nooyi
I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say. — Trent Reznor
I was always very shy but as I get older I think, What am I being shy for? You just grow weary of your own hang-ups. — Steve Martin
I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people. — Glenn Close
People think that I'm a really outgoing person because of how I am on stage. But I'm not. I'm really shy. — Joel Madden
From the time I was a little kid, I was always shy. Performing was when I was outgoing. So I guess I am a loner. I get claustrophobia if a lot of people are around. — Johnny Carson
You know, I am kind of a bi-polarish schitzerphrenic. I run the gamut of being incredibly shy and withdrawn to being a crazy-eccentric exhibitionist. And I have always been like that. — John Leguizamo
Shy Girl Quotes
They remember me as this shy girl sitting under the table. But they obviously didn't know what was going on in my head. — Izabella Scorupco
I'm a very outgoing person so I like girls who are not afraid to be themselves. I'm not a shy person.I like conversations and I'm a really big sucker for personality. — Zac Efron
I was a very shy girl who led an insulated life; it was only when I came to Oxford, and to Harvard before that, that suddenly I saw the power of people. I didn't know such a power existed, I saw people criticising their own president; you couldn't do that in Pakistan - you'd be thrown in prison. — Benazir Bhutto
But at some point you have to make peace with what you were given and if God wanted me to be a shy girl with think, dark hair, He would have made me that way, but He didn't. Useful, then, might be to accept how I was made and embody myself fully therein. — Elizabeth Gilbert
I seem like a big bombastic outgoing dude, when it comes down to it with the ladies, when I was a single, free-wheeling dude, I was always very shy. It was difficult to form sentences with the girl of my dreams. — Jack Black
Swedes are a really humble and shy people in many ways, but I think it's pretty much the same as in the U.S. Little girls want to take photographs with me at lunch. — Joel Kinnaman
I was a closet straight. I think I wanted to be gay because I thought it was arty and interesting. And also, I was phenomenally shy with girls. — Rupert Graves
From a timid shy girl I had become a woman of resolute character, who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles. — Anna Dostoyevskaya
Do not to be as shy around girls, because they're probably just as shy and just as scared as you are. — Steve Carell
When I was little, I had a feeling that I was going to end up being an actress. I spent a lot of time alone, I was a very shy girl, and I would pretend I was telling someone about this new role that I got. — Summer Glau
Timidity Quotes
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. — Jim Rohn
Wherever you find real love, you will also find humility. Remember something: humility is not a weak and timid quality. Too often we feel that humility is a sign of weakness. This is not so. It is the sign of strength and security. — Kathryn Kuhlman
Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work. — Cesar Chavez
Stay far from timid only make moves when you're heart's in it, and live the phrase the sky's the limit. — The Notorious B.I.G.
The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of the Church is the timidity or rather the cowardice of the faithful. — Pope Pius X
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
His voice leads us not into timid discipleship but into bold witness. — Charles Stanley
In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. — Mark Twain
Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed. — Whitney M. Young
Her lips touched his brain as they touched his lips, as though they were a vehicle of some vague speech and between them he felt an unknown and timid preasure, darker than the swoon of sin, softer than sound or odor. — James Joyce
Social Anxiety Quotes
The sexual freedom of today for most people is really only a convention, an obligation, a social duty, a social anxiety, a necessary feature of the consumer's way of life. — Pier Paolo Pasolini
No one is moved to act, or resolves to speak a single word, who does not hope by means of this action or word to release anxiety from his spirit. — Ibn Hazm
Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches the anguish of the old as they are excluded from it. — Simone de Beauvoir
From restless thoughts, that, like a deadly swarm Of hornets arm'd, no sooner found alone, But rush upon me thronging. — John Milton
We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. — Henry David Thoreau
We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic. — Cullen Hightower
Once you become self-conscious, there is no end to it; once you start to doubt, there is no room for anything else. — Mignon McLaughlin
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. — Theodore Newton Vail
I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a manic freak. I'm quite shy. — Sia Furler
You have social media and the Internet and immigration and so, suddenly, cultures are clashing and people feel as if they're less familiar with the people around them. That causes social anxieties. — Barack Obama
I Am Not Shy Quotes
I am really a loner after all; I am really not a social person. Because of my job, people think I am out every night, but I really hate all that. I am somebody who likes to be alone and see some close friends. I am a shy and introspective person. — Tom Ford
I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them. — H. L. Mencken
I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen. — Enya
I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings. — Anne Stevenson
I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be. — Crystal Waters
In real life, I'm very shy, but people think I'm this angry, sexy kind of - god knows what they think! And there I am in front of them, nervous and blushing and stuttering and whatnot. So I'm definitely not the person you see in pictures. — Lara Stone
I think that in school I was really shy. And even today when people meet me they are shock to see just how not-crazy I am. — Matt Shultz
I am convinced that most people do not grow up ... our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias. — Maya Angelou
People shy away from it [MMA] because they think it's a brutal, brutal sport, and I've said, 'Guys, MMA is safer than football and boxing,... And people tell me they don't believe it. Am I not the most credible person to give you the answer to that? — Herschel Walker
Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends. — Sally Pearson
Socially Awkward Quotes
We're barely a prank show, in my opinion. We don't consider it that, we don't call our stuff pranks. The challenges that we do are more social experiments that put each other in awkward situations. — Joe Gatto
I'm certainly honest - and I can be socially awkward. — Norman Reedus
I've been awkward forever. I have really low expectations for myself. When I do perform to some sort of social standard, I leave feeling really comfortable. I'm either so awkward that I look retarded or I'm so awkward that everyone else feels retarded. — Earl Sweatshirt
Homeschooling will certainly produce some socially awkward adults, but the odds are good they would have been just as quirky had they spent twelve years raising their hand for permission to go to the bathroom. — Quinn Cummings
I wanted to do a movie about being really good at something, yet being socially awkward and not as advanced in your personal life as you are in your creative life. — Alicia Witt
I don't know, I'm literally the most awkward, socially strange person. — Phoebe Tonkin
I'm seeing too many smart kind of socially awkward kids, a lot milder than I was, not getting employment because they're not learning job skills. — Temple Grandin
No matter what I do with my life, or how successful I am, I will always be a socially awkward penguin inside. — Wil Wheaton
I'm seeing too many kind of socially awkward kids that get through schools and then they can't hold a job because they haven't learned the discipline of get up in the morning. — Temple Grandin
I was hesitant to approach people. I'm socially awkward. But I was working on a number of memorials, and finally it dawned on me: These are memorials to people who wrote, so I should use their writing. That's how I started to quit. — Jenny Holzer
A Man who is Shy and Modest, is An Amazing Character, but a Women who is Shy and Modest is Beyond Amazing. — Abu Bakr
Where is home? Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness. Home is where the heart's tears can dry at their own pace. — Vernon Baker
Fearless doesn’t mean careless. There is a thin line between fearless and careless. I think we need to play fearless. — Smriti Mandhana
I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free. — Lucille Ball
Girls are so in their head about their body image. It doesn’t matter how confident you are – it’s hormones! — Hannah Bronfman
A lot of my friends who were really sporty in year 7 and 8, in years 9 and 10 they stopped playing. It was a shame. — Ellyse Perry
I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world. — Dorothy Hamill
I am not an adult, that's my explanation of myself. Except when I am working on a set, I have all the inhibitions and shyness of the bashful, backward child, unless I have something very much in common with a person, I am lost. I am swallowed up in my own silence. — Jean Arthur
It is just down to confidence. When I haven’t got any, I hate playing the game. — Stephen Hendry
There’s a ton of nerves for every fight I’ve been in, it doesn’t matter if it was my debut. — Holly Holm
The way we interact with people is influenced by our attachment style, which is deeply rooted in our early experiences. — Amir Levine
I don’t like to bring attention to myself. I don’t like to make a scene. — Kawhi Leonard
When I’m away from sport and not doing something I have much self-belief in, I can lack self-confidence at times. — Ellyse Perry
When I’m close to the penalty area, that’s where I feel more comfortable. — Antoine Griezmann
If you explore beneath shyness or party chit-chat, you can sometimes turn a dull exchange into an intriguing one. I've found this to be particularly true in the case of professors or intellectuals, who are full of fascinating information, but need encouragement before they'll divulge it. — Joyce Carol Oates
It’s become easier to speak up for myself. — Sadie Sink
It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression of this first encounter with the greatest of the great apes. — Dian Fossey
I usually feel that I prefer to hide from people. — Giannis Antetokounmpo
In the ’90s, I never socialised with other players. — Stephen Hendry
Everybody is afraid… the key is not being afraid of being afraid. — Alexi Pappas
If you’re with someone secure, they nurture you into a more secure stance. — Amir Levine
Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it. — Tariq Ramadan
It’s the Internet. I’m sure many people know that it’s one of the toughest places to be if you’re sensitive. — Ryan Higa
In Conclusion
Quotes about shyness often convey the idea that shyness is not a weakness, but a unique characteristic that should be embraced. They emphasize the importance of self-acceptance and encourage individuals to step out of their comfort zones. These quotes highlight the value of understanding and empathizing with shy individuals, recognizing that shyness is not something that can simply be overcome, but rather a part of one's personality. Reading these quotes can provide comfort and motivation for those who are shy, helping them to navigate social situations with confidence and self-assurance.
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