Quotes About Maturity

The World Ain't No Day-care Center.

By spending years and years living entirely for yourself, thinking only about yourself, and having responsibility to no one but yourself, you end up inadvertently extending the introverted existence of a teenager deep into middle age.

Age eventually catches up and forces a person to reckon with what is important in life and what counts as achievement.

And if they really fuck it up and do make a horrible mistake, which can happen to anyone, from any culture, you still have to sit back and watch from the sidelines. It's their life. What you need is a life of your own. You can't hang on to them forever and live theirs or stop them from making mistakes. That's the deal. Once they grow up, they belong to themselves, not to us.

The most beautiful things have character and experience built into them.

I wasn't born a fool. It took work to get this way.

I started dating older men, and I would fall in love with them. I thought they could teach me about life.

Fugace è la giovinezza un soffio la maturità; poi avanza tremando vecchiaia e dura, dura un'eternità.

So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk. You've had a taste of God. Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God's pure kindness. Then you'll grow up mature and whole in God. 1 Peter 2:1–3, THE MESSAGE

Everything goes through a lifecycle. The real question is what's the sustainable business model for these companies. A real business is up to the cash flow you make, and if there's no model at the end of the day, things will fall out. A lot of ideas do come through that [unicorn] space, but eventually, every one of these companies has to grow up." Darren Huston on the fate of ridesharing "unicorns" Uber and Blablacar.

Being a man is rolling up your sleeves and telling the world 'Now I'll play by the real rules—no more wooden swords. If I succeed, then the credit belongs to me, not my parents or teachers or employers, and I shall savor the prizes without guilt, knowing I earned them. And if I fail, then I'll pay the penalties without whimpering or blaming anyone else.' That's what manhood is, and it's up to you to decide when it starts.

We live in hard times. Trouble should become easier to handle as we are older, but by then we know that the world is not cruel, only indifferent, and that hurts even more.

You treat a kid with respect and as an adult you talk to them as if they're smart people. But you don't throw at them the trappings of adulthood and you know, the darker stuff.

Once ducklings reach maturity, they sometimes fairly abruptly stop tracking the person they have imprinted on and integrate with other ducks.

Aged drakes sometimes will not be fertile until much later in the breeding season, when natural day length and temperatures have increased. Some drakes will remain fertile until they are ten years of age or older, but typically their best breeding age is six months to three years.

In only 8 to 12 weeks, a newly hatched duckling is transformed into a young adult.

Having children doesn't make you a good parent, it means you had sex. That's all.

Los adolescentes estadounidenses se ven a sí mismos como adultos si poseen una tarjeta de rédito, un teléfono celular y una licencia de manejar.

Being willing to delay pleasure for a greater result is a sign of maturity.

Es parte de la naturaleza humana desear algo y desearlo ya; es también un signo de inmadurez.

It is human nature to want it and want it now; it is also a sign of immaturity. Being willing to delay pleasure for a greater result is a sign of maturity.

Parents who let teens run around with unearned adult freedoms are naive and stupid.

As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset.

When you grow up", I said, "do you ever stop feeling little and weak?" "No," she says. "There's always a little frail and tiny thing inside, no matter how grown-up you are.