Quotes About Maturity

Love passionately . . . but also responsibly.

A man's emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.

When you're young, you can assume that everyone older than you has life figured out. Once you get command yourself, you realize we're all just the same kids wearing older bodies.

Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.

Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess.

When we are young," Jasnah said, "we want simple answers. There is no greater indication of youth, perhaps, than the desire for everything to be as it should. As it has ever been.

Of course I am," Wax said. "This is my second marriage. I'm an old hand at the practice by now." Wayne grinned. "Oh, is that how it works? 'Cuz in my experience, marryin' is the one thing people seem to get worse at the more they do it. Well, that and bein' alive.

You're young," Teft said. "I'm old." "That makes you wiser, presumably?" "Damnation no. The only thing it proves is that I've more experience staying alive than you.

You are inexperienced. So was I, once. So is every man. The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. . . It's in how they make us of what life has shown them.

I was grown-up. I'd packed my own backpack and had left Bloodletter, my stuffed bear, at home. Stuffed bears were for babies, even if you'd fashioned your own mock power armor for yours out of string and broken ceramics.

You are inexperienced. So was I, once. So is every man. The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It's in how they make use of what life has shown them.

Don't you see, boy? This is why you shouldn't be king. Leave the job to men who understand their own corruption; don't let it destroy you.

A man's emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength.

Get better. Learn to accept that sometimes what you feel isn't invalid, but that it doesn't mean you have to act according to those feelings either.

Las emociones de un hombre son lo que lo definen, y el control es la marca de la verdadera fuerza. Carecer de sentimiento es estar muerto, pero actuar al dictado de cada sentimiento es ser un niño.

The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It's in how they make use of what life has shown them.

Being young was an excuse. A plausible justification

I'm pretty good at being me," I said. "I've had all these years to practice—I hardly ever get it wrong these days.

The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It's how they make use of what life has shown them.

Ironsides used to complain about how hard this job was," he grumbled. "You know the worst part about being in charge, Spin?" "No, sir." "Perspective. When you're young, you can assume that everyone older than you has life figured out. Once you get command yourself, you realize we're all just the same kids wearing older bodies.

Gotta grow up sometime, right? I've found that Ã¢â'¬Â¦ well, a man wantin' something don't make it true, you know?" Ranette

You are inexperienced. So was I, once. So is every man. The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It's in how they make use of what life has shown them." Her

La medida de una persona no es cuánto ha vivido. No es lo fácilmente que salta ante un ruido o lo rápido que muestra sus emociones. Es cómo hace uso de lo que la vida le ha mostrado.

As for being young," I said, kneeling down, "yeah, I'm aware. Doesn't mean I haven't figured out a few things.