Susan Cain

"We can stretch our personalities, but only up to a point. Bill Gates is never going to be Bill Clinton, no matter how he polishes his social skills, and Bill Clinton can never be Bill Gates, no matter…"

"Love is essential, gregariousness is optional."

"We need systems that reward the best ideas, not the best presenters."

"I'm seeing businesses embrace the Quiet Revolution as the next great diversity issue of our time."

"Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. And they all took the spotlight, even though every bone in their bodies was tellin…"

"This is the next great diversity issue of our time."

"Most introverts aren’t aware of how they are constantly spending their time in ways that they would prefer not to be. They’ve been doing it all their lives, so it just becomes second nature. I’m tryin…"

"Persistence isn’t very glamorous. If genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the 1 percent. We love its flash and dazzle. But great power lies…"