Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.
The very best way in all the world to overcome self-consciousn ess and shyness is to get interested in other people and to think of them and, almost miraculously, your timidity will pass. Do something for other people. Practice deeds of kindness, acts of friendliness, and you'll be surprised to see what happens.
I think the shyness one feels in childhood is often overcome with time. There are children who hide behind their parents' legs, but you don't see grown-ups hiding behind people. It just doesn't happen. I mean, not that often. People develop social skills over time.
Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness.
Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding.
Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.
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. . . Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy.
I have left out what I don't remember or don't know. Temperament, fear, shyness, obedience, kindness.
I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness.
I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar.
I have seldom been described as shy.
Shyness means you are in the hallway of a greater presence. You just don't know how to take the conversation another step. It's a lovely indication.
The moment of crisis had come, and I must face it. My old fears, my diffidence, my shyness, my hopeless sense of inferiority, must be conquered now and thrust aside. If I failed now I should fail forever.
Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life that you'd like to.
Never let shyness conquer your mind.
The bashful are always aggressive at heart.
All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.
The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.
Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance. It's always been about trying to get to know people. Albeit, it's a bit of a contradiction because you can't really get to know people when they're 10 feet away and there's a big mass of them.
