Laurie Helgoe Quotes About Solitude

Quotes about: Solitude

• As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Worst Enemy, Envy, Solitude

  Laurie A Helgoe (2013). “Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength”, p.194, Sourcebooks, Inc.

• Introverts are collectors of thoughts, and solitude is where the collection is curated and rearranged to make sense of the present and future.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Solitude, Good Advice, Introvert

• Quiet is might. Solitude is strength. Introversion is power.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Solitude, Might, Quiet

• As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful.But, we can go too far. We can hoard responsibility and overlook the role others play. We can kick ourselves when we're down. How many times have you felt lousy about something, only to get mad at yourself for feeling lousy?

  Laurie Helgoe

  Responsibility, Worst Enemy, Play

• Introverts like being introverts. We are drawn to ideas, we are passionate observers, and for us, solitude is rich and generative.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Ideas, Solitude, Passionate

  "Interview With Dr. Laurie Helgoe, Author of Introvert Power". Interview with Sophia Dembling, www.psychologytoday.com. September 4, 2009.

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