Every person’s behavior is different. Some are shy and some talk openly. Shy people have difficulty talking or interacting with others and this affects their social skills development. Such children feel very uncomfortable among people and sometimes they distance themselves from people. Being alone most of the time, not sharing much, shying away from talking to people at parties, etc. Being afraid to go out in public are some of the signs and symptoms of an introverted person. However, there is no problem with being Shy. Every person is different and their needs are also different. Below we have handpicked a collection of best shy quotes for all the wallflowers.
Shy Quotes
- My shyness has ruined so many opportunities.
- Sometimes quiet people really do have a lot to say, they’re just being careful about who they open up to…
- When I’m alone, I think of so many things to say to you, but when I have a chance to tell you, I go speechless.
- When I’m alone, I think of so many things to say to you, but when I have a chance to tell you, I go speechless.
- I pretended to look around, but I was actually looking at you.
- Sometimes quiet people really do have a lot to say, they’re just being careful about who they open up to…
- I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.– Glenn Close
- A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.– Kahlil Gibran
- really like people but my shyness makes me feel awkward around them. So, I go away to feel normal again, only to get struck with loneliness.
- Being quiet doesn’t make me unsmart, it just makes me stand out in a crowd of normals.
Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.– Penelope Kieth
- “A struggle with shyness is in every actor more than anyone can imagine.”‒ Marilyn Monroe
- “The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.”‒ Lady Bird Johnson
- “Believe in your flyness… Conquer your shyness.”‒ Kanye West
- “The culture of drink endures because it offers so many rewards: confidence for the shy, clarity for the uncertain”‒ Pete Hamill
- “Shyness in the young may be charming to look at but is painful to the one who suffers it.”‒ Dorothy Whipple
- “The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him.”‒ Jerome K. Jerome
- “I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn’t shut up.”‒ Ingrid Bergman
- “My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world.”‒ Dejan Stojanovic
- “Quiet people always know more than they seem.”‒ Criss Jami
- “Don’t try to be what you’re not. If you’re nervous, be nervous. If you’re shy, be shy.”‒ Adriana Lima
- “We writers are shy, nocturnal creatures.”‒ John Banville
- “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…”‒ Jane Austen
- “I have reason to be shy. I’ve been hurt plenty.”‒ Ethel Waters
- “Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.”‒ Andre Dubus
- “Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they’re shy.‒ Donald Miller
- “I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends’ lives.”‒ Steven Spielberg
- “He’s like a timid bird, one wrong move and he’ll fly away.”‒ Krystalle Bianca
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- “I’ve gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness.”‒ Clea DuVall
- “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
- I’m a very simple person who hides thousands of feelings behind a smile.
- It’s a shame when the things that are on your mind and in your heart never reach your lips
- Sometimes the people you think don’t want to talk to you, are the ones waiting for you to talk to them
- That awkward moment when you’re left alone with someone you just met
- Nothing is more cute than a shy guy trying to tell you that he loves you.
Believe in yourself and overcome your shyness.
- Not expressing your feelings can be seen as a form of shyness.
- Shyness is about thinking that how we look and behave might be important to others.
- People who know the real you will understand you even when you keep quiet.
- People can mistake shyness for unfriendliness.
- A confident girl can make a shy man feel very incapable.
- Shyness is a defense mechanism of people who were hurt in the past.
- “Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.”― Rumi.
- Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching. -Tennessee Williams
- Like a typical Gemini I’m changeable, I can be two different types of people. I can be very outgoing, but sometimes very shy. – Denise Van Outen
- Some of our deepest feelings cannot be expressed.
- Students shy away from Maths, but in reality Maths is the best friend of man.- Shakuntala Devi
- Off screen, I am a very shy person, and I want to keep my personal life completely personal. -Naga Chaitanya
- Shy is the oyster, fervent is the clam, peaceful is the ocean floor rocked by the sands of time.-Bradley Chicho
- I’m just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood – but not very often. -Brian Wilson
- I’m always shy in front of an audience, so I’m always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don’t like the front, the adulation.- Bill Wyman
- People go into cartooning because they’re shy and they’re angry. That’s when you’re sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.- Matt Groening
- “I was quiet, but I was not blind.”― Jane Austen
- “Clearly she was expected to say something, but panic at having to speak stole the thoughts from her head.”― Shannon Hale
- “One is always half mad when one is shy of people.”― Robert Walser
- “The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it’s a secret.”― Criss Jami
- “Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.”― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
