Quotes About Maturity

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Those who urge us to fight ageing are, in effect, inviting us to stop growing and developing

Older women have the experience and maturity to offer the greatest service and skills to society of any segment of our population. They are at the peak of their promise. …Since we are the natural care-takers in this world, I feel the greatest good that women can do is help the environmental movement." Anne LaBastille, Woodswoman III

When bad fortune occurs, the unresourceful, unimaginative man looks about him to attach the blame to someone else; the resolute accepts misfortune and endeavors to survive, mature, and improve because of it.

Truth grows gradually in us, like a musician who plays a piece again and again until suddenly he hears it for the first time

The four signs of aging "Courage, Strength, Wisdom & I don't remember...

People who hadn't suffered a loss yet struck me as not quite grown up.

Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It's when they get to be grown up that you have to start worrying.

Part of being grown up is acting the way you're supposed to act, even if you don't feel like it. Can you be grown up for me?

They're not going far. You wait and see. Ten years from now they'll still be hanging around with their dirty laundry, looking for a hot meal. Kids these days don't really grow up. Have you noticed, Nash? They don't worry about the future. But surprise, the future's here, isn't it? It's all so goddamned different. We grew up so fast. We had to

The biological birth of the human infant and the psychological birth of the individual are not coincident in time. The former is a dramatic, observable, and well-circumscribed event; the latter a slowly unfolding intrapsychic process.

want to, you say it's not a good idea." She shook her head. Grown-

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere.

A lot of experience can be an excellent teacher. A single experience, not so much.

The world looks very different to me now at twenty. I have outgrown my early opinions and ideals with my short dresses, just as Mrs. Walton said we would. Now the critics can say 'Thou waitest till thy woman's fingers wrought the best that lay within thy woman's heart.

A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age.

They are so young, they forget that the world is not as in love with them as they are.

Scottie's game changed with where he was at physically. He wasn't the same player at 21 as he was at 30. Both he and Michael aged gracefully in this league and that's the beauty of being a professional player. You continue to grow and continue to change your game, but you do it to be just as effective.

Acting like an adult and being professional on set and getting my work done has just been a lifestyle for me. It's not something I have to try hard to do, necessarily.

I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not. It's a discipline. So that's definitely different. It's part of maturing as a person and as a professional.

I think I have grown as a better actor, I have learnt more about people and professionalism.

For me, it took five years to understand what professionalism meant. But I'm more settled now. I'm married, life changes, and I've been lucky in managing my injuries.

God-willing and prayerfully, we are always growing and changing and developing personally and professionally.