Quotes about Maturity And Change

I said to myself that maturity consisted in accepting the turn that existence had taken without getting too upset, following a path between daily practices and theoretical achievements, learning to see oneself, know oneself, in expectation of great changes. Day by day I grew calmer.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Why was I going around in rhinestones before, and am now wearing a plaid shirt and glasses? It's not a question of fashion. It's a question of time and yourself. The country changed, I grew up, life changed. It's normal.

The guys who spend their time brooding in their younger years either lighten up or go away.

I'm sure I've changed my mind about something. Inevitably, when we grow up - as we get more experience and wiser. Well, I've changed my mind about some food that I didn't like when I was young.

From 19 to 28 there was a lot of turmoil in my life, but in a stuck way. Then, around 28, my life started to get shaken up. I realized I wanted to grow more and that anything that wasn't working in my life, I could fix it. I feel like I came into my womanhood. And that was when I got married.

Life is not advancement. It is growth. It does not move upward, but expands outward, in all directions.

She was a woman now and youth was gone.

Of course, Im older now. Im in a different place in my life than when I wrote the songs for Car Wheels or Essence or whatever. Different things were going on.

As corny as it sounds, Gallagher said, life is very long. You're supposed to mess up when you're young and other people sometimes benefit from your mistakes-as you did in this case. But things rarely stay the same. People grow up and change. They move on.

You kind of grow up and evolve in everything you do.

I'm definitely not eager to grow up, but I do like some adult stuff.

You grow up a lot on set, but it doesn't change you.

I have grown as time has gone on.

I used to be grumpy. I am no more. I am old now. See my grey beards.

It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things.

Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.

By the time a man can afford to lose a golf ball, he can't hit that far.

I feel I am a little bit older. Reckon I will start growing a beard next week.

'Buffy' is about growing up. 'Angel' is really about already having grown up, dealing with what you've done, and redemption.

I've become less tolerant as I've got older, but I put that down to realising there are people out there who actually enjoy being destructive, and that those people will never change.

I'm never proud of my old work. I always feel as though my skills have since improved.

Wasting time just going mindless, watching your charades. When you were younger, did it occur to you 10 years from then you'd act the same age?

Ageing means a loss of a number of skills over time.