What is it about quotes? I’ve long loved them, collected them, made them my mantras and my touchstones. Perhaps because they succinctly and eloquently capture abstract feelings that many of us struggle to put into words.

My energy has been high, low, backwards and forwards over the past few weeks. I’ve felt generally out of sorts. This time, part of the process of regaining my sorts is to share some of my favorites with you. A favorite quotes post could go on and on, so I’ve focused on quotes that align with and speak to the heart and mind of the introvert.

What you resist, persists.

When we’re first recognizing that we want to make a change in our lives, affirmations are among the first pieces we try to snap into place in our self-help puzzle. And there’s a good chance the affirmations we take on aren’t true.