Quotes About Maturity

Age demands respect; youth, love.

Youth is wasted on the young.

I've lost a lot of teeth and square yards of hide. But I've never lost my self-respect, and I've kept what I find in few men of my age - my enthusiasm.

A tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body.

A cynic is a kind of romantic who has aged.

I was a late starter on the romantic front. I didn't start dating until I was in my 30s.

There's nothing childish about me, sweetheart.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

Humans have so many concerns about being grown-up. Emotions are emotions, whether you're an adult or a child.

I know a lot of people who don't want to take responsibility for their lives. It's easier to blame somebody else when something goes wrong than accept their part in whatever happened.

Persimmons are not born soft," "But they are valued for their softness." "Their ripeness.

When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.

Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

Travolto dalle emozioni, ripensai agli anni delle elementari e delle medie, quando ci obbligavano a leggerlo: non era una lettura per bambini, ma adatta a un lettore maturo e sensibile, A volte, serve l'occasione giusta per incontrare veramente uno scrittore.

Was I ignorant, then, when I was seventeen? I think not. I knew everything. A quarter-century's experience of life since then has added nothing to what I knew. The one difference is that at seventeen I had no 'realism'.

You cannot experience something if you don't have the necessary sensitivity, and you cannot develop your sensitivity except by undergoing a long string of experiences.

As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do.

She wore her sexuality with an older woman's ease, and not like an awkward purse, never knowing how to hold it, where to hang it, or when to just put it down.

She wore her sexuality with an older woman's ease, and not like an awkward purse, never knowing how to hold it, where to hang it, or when to just put it down.

I got a few gray hairs to testify to my wisdom, two grand babies, and a long, black dildo named Harry.

Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply.

The narrator finds that as a maturing character grows in stature before her friends that she sees less stature while evaluating herself.

Diperlukan waktu hanya sepuluh tahun untuk menanam dan memelihara sebatang pohon, tapi memerlukan waktu paling sedikit 100 tahun untuk membentuk sebuah karakter jiwa.