Quotes About Maturity

Don't be too busy growing old that you forget to grow up.

At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.

When I was twenty-something, I asked my father, "When did you start feeling like a grownup?" His response: "Never.

Just being a writer allows one the maturity to have random conversations with random strangers!

...we're not eighteen anymore. We've lived. We've created things that last – things of joy, and things of burden.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.

The quest for Love changes us. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without.

When you're young, there's so much that you can't take in. It's pouring over you like a waterfall. When you're older, it's less intense, but you're able to reach out and drink it. I love being older.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

Love isn't love until it's past.

When you truly love yourself, you don't have enemies. They may hate you but you're too big to hate them back.

Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time.

Why should neurotic, selfish, immature people suddenly become angels when they fall in love ... ?

Part of growing up is realizing you learn to love so many people. It's about forming those relationships and finding what will last forever.

There are different kinds and degrees of love, and they change over time, ripening and deepening and changing us in the process.

It is not your qualifications but your exposure in life that makes you who you are.

Mature love is loving, not being loved.

The child who has not been disciplined with love by his little world will be disciplined, generally without love, by the big world.

People think, because we're young, we aren't complex, but that's not true. We deal with life and love and broken hearts in the same way a woman a few years older might.

This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need, but I'm too old to go chasing you around wasting my precious energy.

The natural response to evaluation is to feel judged. We have to mature to a place where we respond to it with gratitude, and love feedback.