Quotes About Maturity

God gives us all youth, and the takes it away again. What have you gained to offset that loss? Patience? Perhaps a little wisdom? Then be patient, and perhaps you'll also be wise. (Miriamele)

Every time you open your mouth," Clarence said, "you just seem older and weirder.

Part of manhood, I am thinking, is to ponder one's words before opening one's mouth.

Much travel is needed before a raw man is ripened. Arab

Apprendre tout au long de sa vie, c'est développer pleinement la sagesse qui vient normalement avec l'âge.

I don't know what my greatest fear is; maybe just that I'll be caught and discovered, accused of being a child in an adult's body.

We can't just act without thinking anymore, Tris. They've been trying to teach as that all along. I guess if we're mages, we can't exactly be kids, can we? - Sandry after the pirate attack

Things change," Daja said softly. "We change with them. We sail before the wind. We become adults. As adults, we keep our minds and our secrets hidden, and our wounds. It's safer.

Being all of thirteen, of course you should be omniscient

Things change. We change with them. We sail before the wind. We become adults. As adults, we keep our minds and out secrets hidden, and our wounds. It's safer.

Either I'm adult enough to have a medallion and a student and make my own stupid choices or I'm not.

At fifteen, she had assumed all the frightful responsibility of love; at fifteen she had grown old.

Kanske vi träffas när du blivit vuxen. Gå nu och lägg dig och sov.

The more you learn, the less you fear. "Learn" not in the sense of academic study, but in the practical understanding of life.

The freedom of growing older is that one is no longer obliged to dislike someone simply because they dislike you.

As you become older, you become less judgmental and take offense less. But marriage is hard work; the illusion that you get married and live happily ever after is absolute rubbish.

I'm more contented and at peace with myself now than I was as a box-office queen. I'm less uptight. I've even reached a stage where it doesn't shatter me if somebody prints something bad about me.

Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question displays a reluctance to 'commit.'

I was the little, funny one. I felt I was the child among grown women.

In growing older, we become our parents.

C'est justement un privilège de l'âge de pouvoir dire ce que l'on veut

But I think it's a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. That's when we hit our peak and become this ripe fruit.

Anda a saber, yo creo que ni vos ni yo tenemos demasiado la culpa. No somos adultos

A partir de una edad todos somos ya supervivientes.