Quotes About Maturity

And you look bloody young to be a sergeant." "I was born late, sir," Sharpe said. He

And I must be nineteen by now, lord! Maybe even twenty?" "Eighteen?" I suggested. "I could have been married four years ago, lord!" We

There comes a moment in life when we see ourselves as others see us. I suppose that is part of growing up, and it is not always comfortable.

Nor did he care about his childhood, for certainly I never heard him speak of it. I once questioned him about his early days and he would not answer. 'What is the egg to the eagle?' he asked me, then said he had been born, he had lived and he had become a soldier, and that was all I needed to know. (p97)

Children are easily swayed by religion, which is why it is a good thing that most eventually grow into sense.

He was a hard man, but what else would he be? He had stood in the shield wall, he had watched the Danes come to the attack, and he had lived. He was no youngster.

Because when he returns, Richard, he would be the biggest man in town. He wants revenge on his childhood. He wants the respect of the town. Saint Paul tells us that when we were children we spoke as children, we understood and thought as children but when we become men we put away childish things, but I'm not so sure we ever do put them away. I think the childish things linger on, and your brother craves what he wanted as a child, the respect of his home town

Era a mulher mais inteligente que já conheci, mas mesmo naquela época, quando praticamente não passava de uma criança, era cheia de uma tristeza nascida dessa inteligência. Sabia demais.

Any man over forty is a scoundrel.

The process of growing from romantic boyhood into cynical maturity usually takes fifteen years. When it is compressed into fifteen minutes, the pace is too fast, and growing pains are the reult.

It's hard to guess ages when you're not that old yourself and won't be anytime soon. ?? ????? ????? ???? ?? ??? ?? ???? ??????? ?? ????? ??? ???.

Man schätzt das Alter schwer, das man noch nicht hinter sich hat oder auf sich zukommen sieht.

seems that men are at their best between sixty and seventy, the reason being that in such occupations a wide experience of other men is essential.

The capacity for consistent self-direction is one of the most valuable that a human being can possess. It is practically unknown in young children, and is never developed either by a very rigid discipline or by complete freedom.

It is the great reward of losing youth that one finds onseself able to be of use;

We laughed at some things because we had grown so much older; we were serious about others because we were still so young.

If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body. James 3:2

Time by itself does nothing but grow us old. It's what we do with time that makes all the difference. We often say, "Time heals," yet I've known just as many that time embittered. Only God heals. Only God restores. Only God effectively prepares, teaches, equips, and matures. But you can count on Him to use the test tube of time in which to accomplish it.

Speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head—Christ. Ephesians 4:15

Pervasive gender exclusivity in the organic development of the church does not—indeed, it cannot—bear ripe fruit, because half of what is required for maturity is all but missing. It's tantamount to slicing the body of Christ at the waist and dividing it pound for pound. We could claim each half got their share, but the body would still be in pieces.

My reputation grows with every failure.

After a while, when the writer is mature, it doesn't really matter - not because of finances but because of reputation. It doesn't really matter how many awards you get.

There seems to be more opportunities for old guys like me to do a little fighting and running because the lead characters also require a bit of depth and maturity and gravitas that one is likely to acquire doing drama all those years.

I got into law school, and it required a maturity I didn't have at the time.