Quotes About Maturity

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. – 2 Peter 3:18

Such physical matters were nice, yet to him, intelligence and passion born of living, the ability to move and be moved by the subtleties of the mind and spirit, were what really counted. That's why he found most young woman unattractive, regardless of their exterior beauty. They had not lived long enough or hard enough to possess those qualities that interested him.

with maturity one's world becomes the limitless sphere of people, ideas, and events which each of us influences by each thought, word, and deed; and each of us, in turn, is open to receive influence

This is an important test of maturity: to seek to avoid error, to accept the consequences of error when it comes (as it surely will), and learn from it and to wipe the slate clean and start afresh, free from feelings of guilt.

A child can do nothing in his weakness. A man can do much.' 

If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Don't blame other people for your problems.

the Ego of the mature man needs to think of itself—no matter what status or power it has temporarily achieved—as the servant of a transpersonal Will, or Cause. It needs to think of itself as a steward of the King energy, not for the benefit of itself, but for the benefit of those within its "realm," whatever that may be.

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.

In it, he pushed the metric of typewriter spaces, and quoted from a poem, "The Catholic Bells," to show us Williams's "mature style at fifty"! This was a memorable phrase, and one that made maturity seem possible, but a long way off. I more or less memorized "The Catholic Bells," and spent months trying to console myself by detecting immaturities in whatever Williams had written before he was fifty.

Past fifty, we learn with surprise and a sense of suicidal absolution that what we intended and failed could never have happened— and must be done better.

If youth is a defect, it is one that we outgrow too soon.

We are all old-timers, each of us holds a locked razor.

The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you are right. As one grows older, this is easier still.

Real morality is not the product of fearing a spanking. But what does fundamentalist hell-belief encourage? It retards any developing moral judgment by freezing moral maturity right at the most primitive, most childish, stage: the fear of retribution-and fundamentalism threatens one hell of a spanking.

Born-again living seemed to me just a crutch which no longer facilitated healing and growth, but actually protracted immaturity.

Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age.

Designing story tests the maturity and insight of the writer, his knowledge of society, nature, and the human heart. Story demands both vivid imagination and powerful analytic thought. Self-expression is never an issue, for, wittingly or unwittingly, all stories, honest and dishonest, wise and foolish, faithfully mirror their maker, exposing his humanity … or lack of it.

Designing story tests the maturity and insight of the writer, his knowledge of society, nature, and the human heart.

Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished, mature work seals its integrity.

Now that I am older and hopefully wiser, I more fully appreciate

The elderly will tell you that although their bodies have aged and their minds have changed, their witness is much the same as always. Even in old age, it remains a young upstart voice—detached, observant, occasionally rude. Whether ignored or embraced, the witness continues to whisper the truth to us as long as we live.

Sevgili kardeÅŸim ÅŸu anda bir hiçsin. Fakat genç iken insan zaten bir hiç olmal? çünkü hiç bir ÅŸey erkenden anlam kazanmak kadar y?k?c? olamaz.

God does not direct us to focus on finding the right person; He calls us to become the right person.

People with low levels of emotional maturity or differentiation attract other people with low maturity levels, and people with higher levels attract higher level people.