I love the introvert quotes I find around the internet. Just people’s personal little moments of introversion that make me feel a little less alone in the world.
Whether the quotes are about being introverted, directly quoted from a self-proclaimed introvert, or just a casual observation, it doesn’t matter. I love them all…thoughtful, funny, inspiring, encouraging or funny. I can relate to almost all of them, to some degree.
My Fave Introvert Quote
You’ll discover just how sarcastic I am as soon as I share one of my favorite funny introvert quotes that I’ve come across. It was originally from someone on Twitter, but I actually saw it posted on Bored Panda. Not sure who the original poster is, but here it is.
How to kill an introvert: starve him to death by putting a stranger in his kitchen.
It’s true, I have hidden from and/or avoided other family members and friends in my own home, but only a handful of times, if that makes it less alarming.
And, without further ado, 27 introvert quotes for your reading pleasure:
“I’m okay, you’re okay—in small doses.” – Jonathan Rauch
“I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.” – J.D. Salinger
“You may think I’m small, but I have a universe inside my mind.” – Yoko Ono
“The only thing I bring to social gatherings is excuses to leave early.” – unknown (click to tweet)
“Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Let’s start by taking a smallish nap or two…” – Winnie the Pooh
“An introvert talks more than an extrovert because when the mouth is closed, the mind is opened.” -Michael Bassey Johnson
“Ah, yes, the mix tape. The mating call of the introvert.” – Sophia Dembling
“The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.” -Albert Einstein
“Think and wonder, wonder and think.” – Dr. Seuss
“She was an adventurer at heart; but oh how she loved drinking this tea from this mug in this chair. Oh how she loved to be home.” – unknown (click to tweet)
“And all of a sudden, I felt really tired, like the world had drained me for everything I had.” – unknown
“When I write, I feel like a genius. When I speak, I feel like a toddler.” – The Minds Journal
“Inside was where she lived, physically and mentally. She resided in the horn of plenty of her own prodigious mind, fertilized by inexhaustible curiosity.” – Tim LaHaye
“I think a lot, but I don’t say much.” – Anne Frank
“The only thing a true introvert dislikes more than talking about himself is repeating himself.” – Jonathan Rauch
“Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell.” – Criss Jami
“Sometimes it physically hurts to hold my sarcastic comments in.” – Hey, Introvert
“I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone.” – Audrey Hepburn
“When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say “nothing”, it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.” – unknown
“And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.” – Jane Austen
“In terms of like, instant relief, canceling plans is like heroin.” – John Mulaney (click to tweet!)
“Quiet people have the loudest minds.” -Stephen Hawking
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle
“A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.” – Oscar Wilde
“A wise man once said nothing.” – Proverb (click to tweet)
“I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” – Henry David Thoreau
NOTE: I stopped the quotes at 27 because I like even and round numbers and I’m challenging myself to be ok with the oddity of the number 27.
What are YOUR favorite introvert quotes, sayings, or memes that you’ve read online? Got one you think I should add? There are LOTS.
