#rove

Is it better to part with your introversion or to accept a diagnosis that allows you to have it as long as you see it as a problem? The introverted child’s plea for solitude seems to be either unheeded or treated. ↗

— Laurie Helgoe

#life

When we do something we like, we are not only happy. We are also very strong! ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#happiness #happy-life #life-coach #life-coaching #self-confidence

...as long as you are motivated by the approval of others, you cannot know with confidence whether the decisions you are making in your life are what's right for you... pg 102 ↗

— John Kuypers

#inspirational-quotes #present-moment #self-improvement #inspirational

I heard, for the first time— nothing. I danced and did somersaults, lay down in a bed of grass, felt the breeze. And for the first time, I heard my heart, and I knew who I was. ↗

— Laurie Helgoe

#life

Look at the language. If a scientist delivers the simple, unconditional, absolutely certain statements that politicians and journalists want, he is talking as an activist, not a scientist. ↗

— Daniel Gardner

#bias #controversy #fear #media #science

Meat!" he said scornfully. "I'm a vegetarian." You eat cheese enchiladas and aluminum cans," I reminded him. Those are vegetables. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #eating

Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#big #games #improvement #lives #money

No matter the nature of your individuality, you can nurture a better identity and have a mature positively rewarding life. ↗

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#lifecoaching #mature #nature #nurture #personal-development

Evangelicalism has taken the Extrovert Ideal to its logical extreme...If you don't love Jesus out loud, then it must not be real love. It's not enough to forge your own spiritual connection to the divine; it must be displayed publicly. ↗

— Susan Cain

#extroverts #introverts #love

I will say that the socially oblivious extroverts do not represent the whole. As with introverts, social skills are independent of extroversion: some are skilled, some are not. The skilled ones know how to listen. But in contrast to socially unskilled introverts, who keep to themselves, socially unskilled extroverts insist on socializing. ↗

— Laurie Helgoe

#life