Quotes About Maturity

I'm happy, for example, that I no longer eat paste, like I did when I was twenty-four.

There are many who profess Christ, but who never become mature Christians.

Her life, she knew, was becoming simplified into an unbreakable chain of habits, a series of orderly actions at regular hours. Vaguely, she thought of herself as a happy woman; yet she was aware that this monotony of contentment had no relation to what she had called happiness in her youth. It was better perhaps; it was certainly as good; but it measured all the difference between youth and maturity.

In the past few years, I have made a thrilling discovery ... that until one is over sixty, one can never really learn the secret of living. One can then begin to live, not simply with the intense part of oneself, but with one's entire being.

At every stage of development our life may be perfect; yet if God's purpose for us is fulfilled, there will be continual advancement. Sanctification is the work of a lifetime. As our opportunities multiply, our experience will enlarge, and {66} our knowledge increase. We shall become strong to bear responsibility, and our maturity will be in proportion to our privileges.

Who fills an office must learn to bear reproach and blame.

You get to a certain age and you can't judge yourself on your dad or your parents.

Patience makes a women beautiful in middle age.

I used to be a child. It came naturally to me. I was an adult for a time, too. That came less naturally.

Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you settle down to being a saint.

alguna vez te ha perturbado una mujer? No te diré que lo aprenderás cuando seas grande porque se aprende a cualquier edad e igual no sirve para nada.

The boy in me will always love you," he said, disarming her with a smile. "The man I am doesn't know you yet." And now there was a look in his eyes that she recognized, that resonated deep within her.

Thirty is a watershed year for men. If they're going to develop intelligence, they do it around then, and if they don't, it's too late.

thirty is a watershed year for men. If they're going to develop intelligence, they do it around then, and if they don't, it's too late. So you mustn't hanker after men in their twenties.

I used to cry so much as a girl," Yasmin told him, managing a wry smile. "But these days I simply walk through it." "As do I," her grandfather said. "As do I. That might be the definition of maturity, dear.

Wisdom is a tree of slow growth; the rings around its trunk are earthly lives, and the grooves between are the periods between lives. Who grieves that an acorn is slow in becoming an oak?

Mi barrio es en sí mismo un país para viejos. Y para gente madura. Y para jóvenes que no necesitan estar rodeados de otros jóvenes sino que disfrutan de este ambiente residencial en el que nada es cool pero (casi) todo es auténtico.

Our Father doesn't want us to move on, "maturing" past his Son. In point of fact, our Father is intent that we recognize that he has ordered his universe so that it revolves around his beloved One-not around ourselves, our desires, or even our good works done in his name. So, let me ask you: Is he the supremely honored center of your being? Is he the incomparable, unparalleled, unrivaled sun around whom your life orbits?

Quality education is the key to civilization and socialization. Yes! sound education is bound to make you civilized and socialized eventually. Thus, endeavour to be educated. Moreover, never mind your age in your quest for education. For, it does not matter. -Emeasoba George

What actually makes one experienced isn't just what he or she has encountered. Rather, it's what he or she was able to do with it.

What actually makes one experienced isn't just what he/she has encountered. Rather, it's what he/she was able to do with what he/she has encountered.

celui que ne connaît point l'ennui se trouve encore à l'enfance du monde, où les âges attendaient de naître

Se, no momento de nosso nascimento, fôssemos tão conscientes como o somos ao sair da adolescência, é mais do que provável que aos cinco anos o suicídio fosse um fenômeno habitual ou mesmo uma questão de honorabilidade. Mas despertamos tarde demais: temos contra nós os anos fecundados unicamente pela presença dos instintos, que devem ficar estupefatos com as conclusões a que conduzem nossas meditações e decepções.

When you live past the age of rebellion, and you still rebel, you seem to yourself a kind of senile Lucifer.