Enfp Quotes

Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse

ENFPs feel their lows just as intensely as they feel their highs – they just aren’t as comfortable expressing negative emotions as they are positive ones.

Being a HUGE, UNSTOPPABLE FORCE of creativity and productivity… an hour before the deadline.

What is less apparent about the ENFP is the rich inner world that exists beneath their surface. ENFPs feel and experience life on an incredibly deep level – they are constantly picking apart new experiences to decipher their meaning and determine their significance. This type may seem wildly extroverted to others, but they often feel the most in touch with themselves when they are alone. Their solitary world is where the ENFP goes to make sense of the lives they are living and process what their experiences truly mean.

Don’t waste your time trying to live an average life. You aren’t average. And that is your greatest advantage.

It’s OK to be a big feeler. You don’t need to learn to ‘feel less’, but rather how to effectively manage feeling

ENFPs are creative thinkers who are skilled at contriving novel solutions to complex problems.

explains why you often feel introverted when you’re processing your emotions but extroverted when you’re planning ideas. It explains why you can switch into no-nonsense, get-things-done mode but you also have a soft, deeply compassionate side.

Though their values are liberal and their methods unconventional, ENFPs are incredibly driven folk who almost always have a clear-cut goal in mind. They don’t want to go wherever the wind blows them – they want to embody the storm. And they’ll take down whatever stands in their way.

We need strong, firm adults in our lives. And that those adults have to be us.

ENFPs connect relatively quickly with most people. But they want more than a surface-level connection and a few common interests: they are searching for a specific, intense relationship that both challenges and grows them. If they find this, they are all in. If not, the horizons are still being scanned for what else is out there.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” –E.E. Cummings

Constantly contradicting yourself because you genuinely see multiple sides to most situations.

You don’t have ADHD, you have ENFP.

thrives on exploration and a change in scenery is often all it takes to rejuvenate a distressed ENFP.

ENFP habit of overanalyzing other people’s behavior can lead to unnecessary anger and conflict. They may perceive slights, resentments or hostility where none actually exist.

ENFPs feel and experience life on an incredibly deep level – they are constantly picking apart new experiences to decipher their meaning and determine their significance. This type may seem wildly extroverted to others, but they often feel the most in touch with themselves when they are alone. Their solitary world is where the ENFP goes to make sense of the lives they are living and process what their experiences truly mean.

The development of introverted sensing will also manifest in the form of health-consciousness – the ENFP will become increasingly perceptive of their physical needs and will likely begin taking significantly better care of their health. The ENFP is likely to feel steadily more at peace with themselves – both mentally and physically – as they age.

For the ENFP, experiences are not ends in themselves but vessels through which they can uncover deeper, more complex truths about life. Therefore, the more experiences they draw in and process in a meaningful way, the more fulfilled the ENFP feels.

We gain energy from brainstorming, theorizing, debating and imagining new possibilities for the future. If this can be done aloud, in the company of likeminded people, we gain maximum energy. If no such people are available, we’ll simply brainstorm, theorize and imagine new possibilities on

Something good for the world can come from you, not just in spite of your differences, but because of them.

For example, an ENFP who recognizes that they are stuck in a loop may schedule one hour per day for yoga, meditation or deliberate introspection. By

I find joy in seeing ENFP’s react to things. It seems to always be a genuine and incredibly animated reaction, it’s amazing.” –Quincy, INTJ

ENFPs aren’t receiving as many compliments as they expect from their significant others, their insecurities can be activated and they may start to feel unappreciated and unloved.

It’s okay to not want stability and to long for excitement. It’s also okay to crave stability deep down. It is possible to find a balance, it just may take a long time to achieve it.

The ENFP usually requires significantly more validation that the ISTJ tends to provide. They may also take the ISTJ’s attempts at giving them constructive criticism as an attack on their character.

ENFPs thrive on the excitement of not knowing what comes next. This wildly imaginative type gains energy through speculating about the future and planning what could and might come next. Consequently,

This book is about confronting your bad behaviors. It’s about understanding your infuriating inconsistencies. It’s about stripping the stereotypes that surround your personality and making peace with who you are at your core. This book is about becoming the best possible version of yourself.

ENFP – Your enthusiasm You care more about your latest idea than most people care about everything else in their lives combined. And the energy’s contagious. People admire the positive vibes you bring to the table and they want to share in whatever it is that you’re so pumped on – hell, they want to be the next thing you’re excited about.

The constant tug-of-war between ‘YES, I WANT TO GO EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW’ and ‘Wow, I need a lot of time to process these experiences, can I take a breather?

It’s OK to be a big feeler. You don’t need to learn to ‘feel less’, but rather how to effectively manage feeling everything in life on a big scale.

Look inside for validation. ENFPs enjoy compliments and try very hard to please. This is not a sign of poor self-esteem, but rather a reflection of the fact that ENFPs are social beings who self-evaluate based on the feedback they receive from other people. “If they are praising me I must be on the right track,” ENFPs tell themselves. But no matter how ENFPs interpret their need for approval, it undoubtedly has a subtle—and not entirely positive—effect on their behavior. When ENFPs pay too much attention to the opinions of others, it can prevent them from following their own instincts and leave them open to manipulation. “If being true to myself gets me in hot water, then so be it”—that is what ENFPs should tell themselves when they start worrying too much

You are not supposed to stop being such a positive and contagious optimist. The fact is, not everything goes as planned, and people do not always have good intentions. This is why it is good for you to be aware of the possibility that something might go wrong, and have some solutions at hand. That way, you will not get completely caught by surprise – at work or in personal relationships.

enthusiasm, intelligence and decency are in fact quite reliable—but sometimes their efforts backfire, and the effect their actions and attitudes have on others is not as wonderful as they would like.

For example, one very busy NTP is careful tocall home every evening when she is out of town on business. She inquires exhaustively about how things are going, because some problem may have arisen which she can solve. Eventually her ENFP husband changes the subject. “Aren’t you going to say you love us?” It puzzles her that he needs to be told that she loves them. She wouldn’t be worrying about these things if she did not love them! That, of course, is a logical inference

I’m currently working as a social worker in addictions counseling. I’m very happy to see such intimate sides of people and support them in their growth. I draw a sense of meaning out of being that close to life – all of its beauty and its ugliness. After all, my greatest aspiration is to make my community a better place to be in.” –Salome, 26

The more they take in, the more they will begin to form definitive thoughts and opinions on moral issues. They may become particularly defensive about their beliefs at this age and develop a keen argumentative streak.

Those are our roots. Our wings are the things that nearly drive us to madness, those things that we do which other people would find illogical and maybe even a bit insane! The distance from the Moon to the Earth, is not too far a distance to traverse on behalf of someone we love! Because there is no greater honor than to love and to be loved! So, we’d probably promise the Moon (that would be us flapping our wings); but then you can be sure we’d do everything in our power to make sure that we do in fact fulfill that exact promise (this would be our roots in action). Yeah, we’ll promise you the Moon— but we’re not going anywhere after we make that promise! We are in fact going to try to steal the Moon for you!

Begrudgingly identifying Peter Pan as your spirit animal.

I don’t care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching–they are your family.” –Jim Butcher