Top 185 Shyness Quotes & Sayings

I've gotten over my shyness from many years of doing public events.

Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of.

The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.

I've gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness.

I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar.

Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life that you'd like to.

introductions are hard to come by when your natural state is shyness

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.

Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.

An author arrives at a good style when his language performs what is required of it without shyness.

Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness.

If you want to do something big in your life, you must remember that shyness is only the mind. If you think shy, you act shy. If you think confident you act confident. Therefore never let shyness conquer your mind.

I have left out what I don't remember or don't know. Temperament, fear, shyness, obedience, kindness.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

I always felt I had to fill silences, usually by singing or whistling. It was nerves and shyness, really.

I didn't overcome my shyness. I am still shy.

Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding.

Shyness is a condition foreign to the heart - a category, a dimension which leads to loneliness.

My mom helped me. I was very shy growing up, but my shyness sort of manifested in a big personality.

Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.

Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.

At the root of Japanese manufacturing lies a feminine delicacy and shyness as well as a childlike curiosity and fantasy-filled worldview.

Modesty is related to diffidence, diffidence is related to shyness, Shyness is a synonym for timidity, timidity is a characteristic of the meek, the meek do not inherit the Earth, they serve those who are self confident and self assertive.

The level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a pathology of the individual.

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.

Shyness is I-ness. Shyness is really wondering if you have other people's approval.

There is a shyness about me, and I really need to get out more.

Overcoming my shyness has been a lifelong struggle.

Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.

A man's vanity is more fragile that you might think. It's easy for us to mistake shyness for coldness, and silence for indifference.

I genuinely enjoy talking one-to-one. I have no shyness about that.

A deal of the world's sound happiness is lost through Shyness.

The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

Among the wealthy, generosity is often merely a kind of shyness.

My father was a unique man, but he had a shyness about him.

When you're shy, the worst thing you can do is go into all these casting rooms and be scrutinized. But with shyness, I think you just have to bite the bullet.

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh.

I do not say what I feel, and people often take that for shyness, even kindness.

I think a lot of my shyness and non-athleticism came because I didn't have a father to instill those in me.

a struggle with shyness is in every actor more than anyone can imagine.

The Apostle Paul did what he had to do to spread the message of God. I realize that that is what I have to do; I have to bite the bullet and overcome my shyness.

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.

true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing

If you want to be a reference librarian, you must learn to overcome not only your shyness but also the shyness of others!

Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not.

We need to do teacher training to educate them about what temperament means. Shyness is painful and you want to help a child with shyness - but the underlying temperament of being a careful, sensitive person is to be honoured, valued and respected.

Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.

Shyness has laws you can only give yourself; tragically to those who least understand.

A place has almost the shyness of a person, with strangers; and its secret is not to be surprised by a too direct interrogation.

Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness.

I used to think that drinking would help my shyness, but all it did was exaggerate all the negative qualities.

The only self-consciousness in the film [Dream of Life] is anyone's natural shyness.

What people don't realize is they mistake my shyness for cockiness most of the time.

All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.

If you want to do something big in your life, you must remember that shyness is only the mind.

I started studying shyness in adults in 1972. Shyness operates at so many different levels. Out of that research came the Stanford shyness clinic in 1977.

Never let shyness conquer your mind.

He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.

You know what my greatest personal stumbling block is? My shyness.

Divorce is hard enough when you're an adult - never mind when you're a child. That was probably when my shyness started, when I was at my shyest.