Quotes About Maturity

I think America has more than enough maturity and intelligence to start exercising its world leadership responsibly.

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

Leadership doesn't come from age.

Growth inside fuels growth outside.

A sense of responsibility is the clearest indication of mature leadership.

I didn't have to step up into a leadership role, ... I just had to be there and help out where I could. But this year I had to be more of the man.

I'm more concerned about who you're becoming than what you're doing.

You have to understand the teen years of any leader to understand the mechanics of their leadership.

Part of growing up spiritually is learning to be grateful for all things, even our difficulties, disappointments, failures and humiliations.

Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.

We do not change as we grow up. The difference between the child and the adult is that the former doesn't know who he is and the latter does.

It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.

One definition of maturity is learning to delay pleasure.

I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know.

I wish I'd known early what I had to learn late.

I'm still learning. Hopefully I can keep getting better, and not stop where I am now.

And still I am learning.

I am still learning. (at age 87)

Only people who die very young learn all they really need to know in kindergarten.

Venting every feeling isn't mature. Learning to deal with uncomfortable and unpleasant feelings is an important aspect of maturity.

The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education — or that the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth.

I'm 18 so I'm still young and I'm still learning. But I mean, relationships in general are hard.

All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.

That is the problem with age and wisdom—it merely shows you how helpless you are. The wiser you become, the more you learn to keep your mouth shut, until eventually the grave silences you forever.